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Important Information on Upcoming Best Colleges Rankings
Tweet Share on Facebook August 25, 2011 CommentIt's now less than one month before the new rankings are being released on usnews.com. Here is some important information that relates to this highly anticipated launch, set for September 13:
School photos: Over the past 10 months, more than 700 colleges and universities have added photos of their schools to their online directory homepages in the Education section of usnews.com. The photo galleries give our student and parent users an even better feel for each school and allow schools to showcase what makes their campus unique. Now, with less than three weeks until the release of the 2012 Best Colleges rankings, it's a great time for your school to submit photos, if you haven't yet.
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Answering More Questions About U.S. News's Online Education Surveys
Tweet Share on Facebook August 18, 2011 CommentAs noted previously in this blog, U.S. News is in the midst of collecting data for a revamped online education section. As promised in last week's entry, below are answers to more commonly asked questions about completing U.S. News's online degree surveys:
Q: My school is unable to provide statistical data for some of the survey questions. Should it still submit surveys?
A: Yes. We recognize that most schools will not complete every cell in every question, especially this first year. The methodology for calculating rankings will depend on the robustness of data collected, meaning that the questions that schools respond to most frequently are the ones most likely to be used as ranking variables. A school that does not provide enough data to be ranked at all will still have a profile of its online degree program included in U.S. News's free searchable directory.
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U.S. News Releases Online Grad Degree Surveys
Tweet Share on Facebook August 11, 2011 CommentAll online education degree surveys are in the hands of eligible schools. On July 28, usnews.com launched surveys to master's degree level education programs in five disciplines: business, computer information technology, education, engineering, and nursing. If your institution has questions about which people in specific programs received surveys, including the online bachelor's degree survey sent a couple weeks earlier, contact OnlineEdOfficial@usnews.com.
We are pleased that so many schools have already either submitted or made substantial progress on their surveys. But the more schools that participate, the more questions they ask. Many of these questions resemble those submitted by participants in our recent WCET webcast. Our written responses to their open questions about survey design, rankings methodology, and the upcoming U.S.News & World Report online education directory are published on the organization's website along with an archive of the webcast and a near replica of the bachelor's degree survey.
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New Best Colleges Rankings Are Coming Soon
Tweet Share on Facebook August 4, 2011 Comment (23)The 2012 edition of the Best Colleges rankings for National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities, and Regional Colleges will go live on usnews.com on Tuesday, September 13. The site will have the most complete version of the rankings, tables, and lists, and it will have extensive statistical profiles on each school. The Best Colleges site also will have wide-ranging interactivity and a college search to enable students and parents to find the school that best fits their needs. These exclusive rankings will also be published in our newsstand guidebook, which will go on sale and be available through Amazon.com starting September 20.
In order to get the most complete college rankings, tables, expanded school profiles, enhanced college search, and other exclusive interactive tools you will need to sign up for the U.S. News College Compass.
Watch this blog prior to the launch of the new Best Colleges rankings for details on methodology and presentation changes in the new edition of the rankings.
