Interesting article. Does they have it right? I question whether the data is really accurate because we are relying on the College Board to get objective data.
“I’ve always questioned the rankings’ validity,” Taylor said. “It’s marketing,
and when we talk about marketing, it’s selling.”
Many parents won’t even consider sending children to colleges that fail to
earn high marks.
“There are lies, damned lies, statistics and rankings,” the website says. He
defined this mania as “paying too much attention to the rankings and looking
for status vs. making the right fit for a person.”