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Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings

New Thoughts on Assessing University Performance

May 21, 2009 03:54 PM ET | Robert Morse | Permanent Link | Print

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Univerisity and college rankings

I have attended a private liberal arts college, two universities, and a community college. By far and away, the universities were the least student friendly, the least adept at providing qualified teachers, and had the lowest rankings on standardized licensing exams.

Why bother funding these monoliths that fundementally fail to to what they purport, teach students. Based on my experience, they are a waste of time and considerable money for students and taxpayers. Businesses that benefit from large pools of cheap labor and free access to research are the beneficiaries. It is time to rethink the university systems of this country.

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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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