Why don’t we just declare ALL colleges “Number One?” After all, isn’t that the fairest thing to do? /sarc
Funny that SAT/ACT scores correlate to family income as if that doesn’t pretty much validate the genetic component to intelligence.
Shocking: Smart people(generally) have smart kids who go to ‘good’ schools and get good jobs that pay well. Rinse. Repeat.
Which one has a better track record getting their graduates jobs? I would predict Harvard! Harvard really should be number one IMHO.
Hillsdale didn’t make the cut of the top 50 on this list, wonder why?
For me, this is the most devastating critique:
“U.S. News fixates on how selective a school is. It focuses on the academic caliber of a school’s freshmen, not on what happens once students arrive at their schools. That’s like judging a hospital by how sick the patients are when they arrive. Are schools doing an excellent job of educating their charges or do they fail? U.S. News sure doesn’t know and doesn’t attempt to find out.”
Stupid article. Good for schools that provide merit scholarships. That means they are rewarding hard work and the likelihood of success at college.
Students have NEVER (as a whole....there may be an odd exception) looked at a college to see what job prospects they provide. They do look at party life, athletics, subjects taught, and other things.
This article is confused and scattered in its analysis. it presumes that all people should go to college and that college somehow by itself makes your life better. Both are incorrect. What you study matters more than where. Not all people should be college educated though it is nice if everyone is well read.
So overall I rate this a big bleeeech