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Posts Tagged ‘College Rankings’

The College Search Begins: What Every Student Deserves

September 13, 20112 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA As students head back to school, attention will quickly turn to the college application process as seniors prepare for standardized tests, gathering recommendations, preparing activities lists, and tackling their essay. Those loved and hated rankings come out any day. Not surprisingly, media attention to the college search and application … Read more »

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Commentary on College Rankings

February 28, 20113 comments

by Lisa Ransdell, Ph.D., IECA Associate Member (Colorado) In the Feb 14/21, 2011 edition of The New Yorker there is a great piece by Malcolm Gladwell on college rankings: “The Order of Things: What College Rankings Really Tell Us.” Gladwell uses the analogy of automobile rankings to illustrate the folly of the one-size-fits-most approach used … Read more »

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The Common Application: Thorns in the Roses

October 5, 20103 comments

by Dodge Johnson, President, Independent Educational Consultants Association The Common Application was a major topic at this year’s NACAC conference, and in response, Daniel Devise wrote an insightful piece in his Washington Post column this morning (10-05-10) about the prevailing sentiment that the Common Application is a good thing because it makes things easier for students. There’s … Read more »

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College Rankings: Defending the Indefensible

August 17, 20104 comments

by Dodge Johnson, President, Independent Educational Consultants Association Economist Richard Vedder recently published a piece titled “In Defense of College Rankings,” in the Chronicle of Higher Education, 08/06/1). Here he defends the soon-to-be-released U.S. News rankings, anticipating that “many in the Education Establishment will [trash] them… They will be labeled as non-scientific, elitist, poorly constructed, … Read more »

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Rankings, Surveys & Magazines: The Silly Season Begins

August 16, 2010no comments

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association It is this week that U.S. News and World Report releases its best-selling issue of the year: its annual ranking of colleges and universities. Based on criteria that no one thinks is ideal (and few fully comprehend), the result is a week where colleges condemn … Read more »

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Students Use of Rankings in the College Search Process: Less or More Than We Thought?

February 16, 20101 comment

by Emily Snyder, IECA Member (Virginia) and Chair, IECA College Committee In “Inside the College Rankings” in Friday’s US News and World Report, Bob Morse (of the Morse Code), cites the recently released “UCLA Freshman Survey: Fall 2009″ as evidence that students are using a variety of factors—not just national rankings—when making a decision about … Read more »

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