Washington Monthly Magazine Ranking of National Universities

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  1. Ike

    Ike New Member

    I am not sure whether this has been posted before. I came accross it today.

    Washington Monthly
     
    Ike, Jun 25, 2010
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  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Well, gee, I guess the University of California pwns all. Five schools on the list, 4 in the top 10, not to mention that they have a school in 1st 2nd and 3rd.

    An interesting and quite fresh way of ranking schools, they have.

    I was surprised to see Pace University so far down on the list, as well as some of the University of Texas schools. My biggest surprise was that the different SUNY campuses weren't higher, although several of them made it on. Florida, as a state, seemed rather underrepresented considering some of the nice schools there.

    I would like to see someone put together such a list for just DL schools and programs.
     
    Maniac Craniac, Jun 25, 2010
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  3. Woho

    Woho New Member

    We rate schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories:

    Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students)
    Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs)
    Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country)

    Someone cynic could see these almost as recommendations for schools at the bottom of the list.
     
    Woho, Jun 25, 2010
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  4. AUTiger00

    AUTiger00 New Member

    How in the world did South Carolina State University get ranked so high? If research really plays a part in these rankings there is no way that school comes in in the top-10. The three criteria for rankings must not be weighted equally because I would wager that very little cutting edge research comes out of that school (score for that portion would be near zero).
     
    AUTiger00, Jun 25, 2010
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  5. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    If I've read it correctly, research, accessibility, and service are weighted equally. To measure accessibility they count what percent of students use Pell grants and what percent of those graduate. To measure service they count what percent of students are in ROTC, go on to the Peace Corps, and do work-study in a service capacity.

    Those aren't the criteria I'd use to choose a school, but that's okay, let a thousand flowers bloom and all that.

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Jun 25, 2010
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  6. Ike

    Ike New Member

    Recommendation of schools at the bottom of the list???? What are you talking about?
     
    Ike, Jun 25, 2010
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  7. AUTiger00

    AUTiger00 New Member

    His point was that people who don't care about, or are opposed to, the recruiting of low income students or schools promoting "giving back" to the country upon graduation might want to look at schools at the bottom of this particular ranking because they scored poorly in those areas.
     
    AUTiger00, Jun 25, 2010
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  8. Ike

    Ike New Member

    Ok. I understand it now. Thanks.
     
    Ike, Jun 25, 2010
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