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Ehrenberg noted, however, that fluctuations in the U.S.News rankings are mainly the result of changes in the formula the magazine uses to calculate rank from year to year...
...major reaction we've gotten from administrators is that they just shake their heads," Ehrenberg said. "They're afraid we're right, that changes in the U.S. News formula will actually change institutions...
...Institutions don't change in quality from year to year--that's just U.S. News changing its formula," he said. "True quality means a lot of things to a lot of people, and U.S. News doesn't take that into account...
Like many frugal hotel entrepreneurs today, Schrager's formula is to "reinvent" dilapidated structures instead of building from scratch. He has made an art form of saving money with style--making industrial-quality fixtures look fashionable. He never skimps on attitude, though--ask anyone who has been chided for trying to move the carefully arranged pool chairs at Los Angeles' Mondrian. Schrager stages casting calls and hires aspiring actor-models to play the help; the snooty service can be unimpressive to customers who lack agents...
...important thing is that you'll get the flavor of the formula for black hole entropy" rather than understand all the equations, Hawking said...