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"There's a lot of controversy of the value of these rankings," says Edward Caron, vice president of college relations and planning at Providence College. "Our position is it's better to be performing well than not."
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Lacey says there is almost no way Missouri Baptist can move out of the rankings' fourth tier, despite improvements to the school. That's because he doesn't think the rankings value what he finds important.
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Sixty-two colleges have enlisted in an anti-rankings campaign led by education activist Lloyd Thacker. But a quick Web search shows even some of those schools haven’t fulfilled a pledge to stop using their rankings to advertise themselves. And none of the highest-ranked schools have formally signed on.
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Business school rankings have ... come under scrutiny. "What's Wrong With MBA Ranking Surveys?" is the title of an article by Martin Schatz, Ph.D [18]. Dr. Schatz points out some of the flaws of the major business school rankings and notes that no one program can possibly be predetermined as the best for any individual.
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Anyone interested in the college rankings game will want to catch this week’s Chronicle of Higher Education. The Chronicle offers a mother lode of articles — much of it freely accessible from the website.
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