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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Are We Done with Higher Education Rankings?
Description: Why do most of the institutions of higher education in the United States participate in a rankings system? What do the rankings do? And what does it mean when some schools refuse to participate in rankings? This episode explores:
How and why the ranking system got started.
Who creates the ranking.
Why the statics and data collected for it aren’t neutral or even necessarily accurate.
What the rankings mean to prospective students, their families, and even alumni.
Why some schools might have to stay in the ranking system, even as more schools are refusing to participate.