The Rankings Game: Who's Playing Whom?

Autor/in	Burness, John F.
Titel	The Rankings Game: Who's Playing Whom?
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 2, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Higher Education; School Counselors; Reputation; Colleges; Periodicals; Educational Attitudes; Research Methodology; High Schools; College Choice + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; High school; Oberschule; Studienortwahl
Abstract	This summer, Forbes magazine published its new rankings of "America's Best Colleges," implying that it had developed a methodology that would give the public the information that it needed to choose a college wisely. "U.S. News & World Report," which in 1983 published the first annual ranking, just announced its latest ratings last week--including new rankings of "up- and coming" colleges and of institutions favored by high-school counselors. The publication has spawned what has become a cottage industry, transformed how the public thinks about higher education, and in the process made a lot of money. In this article, the author dissects the various rankings and discusses the validity of their methodologies with those responsible for publishing them in an effort to explain to a wide range of university constituencies why universities were rated where they were. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10