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...would be one thing if the purpose of this rigmarole actually were to make sure students were qualified before giving them positions of responsibility. But as often as not, the process is unnecessary; it exists for its own sake, to give us another chance to evaluate, interview, rank, vet, accept and reject one another. Just like the old days...
Lewis said Harvard--which tied with Princeton for the top spot last year--has never drawn attention to its U.S. News rank...
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...Rank, among Amazon.com book purchases from the U.S. House of Representatives, of Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding...
...criteria change, it?s like apples and oranges," says TIME education reporter Jilian Kasky. "Things in schools don?t change that quickly." Another flaw, she says, is inherent: A college can?t just be good ?- it has to be good for you. "There?s just no way to objectively rank a college. You have these 16- and 17-year-olds and their parents obsessing over these ratings, and making bad decisions based on a number." Tech-heavy schools like Cal-Tech moved up based on the job prospects and salaries of their graduates (think Silicon Valley), but what...