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I'm not sure of institutions of higher education should be held accountable for the success/failure of their students. Look, if a college student is not performing well, then parents can say, "sorry charlie, you're not going back this semester, I didn't take out a second mortgage for you to drink your way through college and get Cs." That's what happened in my family...I'm more concerned with how many recent graduates are employed in 3 months, 6 months, and even a yr after graduating. But even there, there's no one-size fits all. If you're a liberal arts student looking for a publishing job in NYC, you're going to be looking for a long time. It's not the school's fault you're in an over-saturated job market.

Colleges may be there to teach us, but really if we choose to waste our parents' money and not go to class and pull all-nighters resulting in sub-par work and achievement, it's not the colleges fault. Now on the other hand, if the students are federally funded, they should be held to a higher standard as far as achievement is concerned and to some extent we are.

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Robert Morse is director of data research for U.S. News & World Report and has worked at the magazine since 1976. He develops the methodologies and surveys for the America's Best Colleges and America's Best Graduate Schools annual rankings, keeping an eye on higher-education trends to make sure the rankings offer prospective students the best analysis available. Morse Code provides deeper insights into the methodologies and is a forum for commentary and analysis of college, grad and other rankings.

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