Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology? SUNY Maritime College? Yes. They are among the top ten “value-added” U.S. colleges likely to increase a student’s lifetime earnings, according to a study, “Beyond College…

…had difficulty even figuring out a college’s sticker price or the percentage of students on financial aid. Now college rankings are everywhere: the challenge today is in determining which are…

…and hence their selectivity and U.S. News rankings, and those who thought that colleges were reaching out to a population of applicants who could not afford an SAT or ACT…

…Many of those colleges have not matched their words with actions.” If, as the editors at the Times certainly hope, college is going to be the great equalizer, then colleges—especially…

…top 50 or top 100 or top 200 in bulk and compare them to two-year colleges, second- and third-tier state universities, and liberal arts colleges with no national or even…

…a small student body, Haverford will still be able to provide its students with opportunities less well endowed colleges cannot provide. While Payscale’s value rankings are not dispositive, Haverford is…

…institutions discussed in this report raised their tuitions 31% after adjusting for inflation. That is even higher than the nationwide average for public four-year colleges, which was a 27% increase….

…their reputation as measured by magazine rankings suggests? I am particularly interested in these questions because I DO college rankings (for Forbes) and know that given large information gaps that…

…reality, they were chagrined because they had seen their schools’ U.S. News rankings drop because of lackluster placement rates). So the bar was lowered (pardon the pun) by extending the…

…no increase in fundamental academic skills are four years of college. It is unclear, however, that the President’s proposal would actually increase accountability. The President’s rating system would consider graduation…

There are a number of college rankings. Of course, the best known by far is the U.S. News& World Report ranking, which for many people is the college ranking. (This…

…University Professors, seemed to sneer at the fact that colleges ought to compete with one another: “I think that colleges will be looking at ratings – looking at who’s getting…

…myriad college rankings systems and does so efficiently. The Forbes-CCAP college rankings provide many of the outcome-based metrics proposed by Obama, so the government system would provide very little marginal…

The ratings season has begun. Forbes has just released its Best College list (full disclosure: the Center of College Affordability and Productivity, which I direct, does the rankings for Forbes)….

At many large universities with an undergraduate college of education, the education school is regarded by students and faculty alike as the weak link, sometimes something of an embarrassment. None…

…Colleges Have a Rich-Kid Problem” in which he contended that our most prestigious colleges and universities should be doing much more to attract academically well-prepared students who come from relatively…

…inflating admission statistics to improve their ranking in magazines. A year or so, we were shocked to hear that already highly regarded Claremont McKenna College had inflated average SAT scores…

…RMP data in the college rankings we develop for Forbes, we do not–and never have–represented RMP data as a measure of teaching quality; indeed, we have always characterized RMP data…