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Obviously, the ranking of concentrations is far from perfect. First, many pieces of data were unavailable for this ranking, though the formula does not penalize any concentration for missing data. Second, FM’s ranking, like any ranking, is to some extent arbitrary in the weighting of its criteria. Although we weighted each category based on what we considered to be its importance and accuracy in judging the quality of each concentration, there are definitely other ways to rank concentrations. In fact, we’re interested in any suggestions readers would have to improve next year?...
...Pigeons don't rank very high in the avian pecking order. In most places they are thought of only as statue-soiling, vermin-carrying rats with wings. But India's eastern state of Orissa holds the urban nuisances in greater esteem. Since the end of World War II, the Orissa police department has employed some 600 trained pigeons as official messengers. Capable of ferrying vital letters at up to 80 km/h to remote police outposts, the stalwart birds proved more reliable than the region's hopelessly erratic telephone network, especially during cyclone season when high winds frequently downed lines...
Nesson returns and all of the students who left the room return quietly, sit down and rank the papers...
...Sorry I’m late!” he says to the class, handing five papers from other students to each student. He tells the class to read each paper and rank them on piece of paper, saying that he will then grade the papers and use the exercise to show the difference between what students and professors look for in a paper...
...number of recruits, athletic directors should raise the minimum standards for athletes’ admission to ensure that everyone is fully part of Harvard’s academic community. Under the current byzantine admission guidelines, recruits must have an academic index score—which is composed of class rank and standardized test scores—above a minimum that is far below the average of an admitted Harvard class. Increasing the minimum academic index score required of recruits would ensure that Harvard’s primary mission of education is not sacrificed at the altar of organized sports while...