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While Ehrenberg criticized the rankings?? usefulness, he said that they do have an impact on prospective students and college administrators’ admissions decisions...

Author: By Melissa B. Herrmann, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Ties Yale for Second In U.S. News Rankings | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...rankings definitely do matter,” he said. “When an institution improves in the rankings??other factors held constant—the next year it gets more applicants, can accept a smaller fraction, has a higher yield on its accepted applicants, the students who enroll have higher test scores and it can get away with offering less generous financial aid packages. Conversely, if the institution’s rank worsens, just the opposite happens...

Author: By Melissa B. Herrmann, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Ties Yale for Second In U.S. News Rankings | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

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