The Princeton Review has released its college rankings (my university topped the party-school list, to my chagrin), and tomorrow Forbes will release its own rankings of America’s institutions, beginning a season of rankings that should get considerable media attention for the next few weeks (if not upended by federal fiscal shenanigans or the like).
Full disclosure: I am one of the nefarious “rankers” myself, as the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, which I direct, does the rankings for Forbes. I also maintain cordial relations with Bob Morse, who someone (George Will, I think) said was the most powerful man in collegiate America as the overseer of the US News & World Report rankings.
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Author:Richard Vedder