http://acrlog.org/2008/08/27/a-different-approach-to-college-rankings/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://acrlog.org/2008/08/27/a-different-approach-to-college-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-105001 Jon Kragh Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:41:52 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=889#comment-105001 Cool article - I just launched another one of these rankings sites called Vast Rank <a href="http://www.vastrank.com" rel="nofollow">Vast Rank College Rankings and Reviews</a> - We have a more fun and transparent approach where the rankings are decided directly by the visitors to the site. Google featured us as a featured project using their technologies (we use their maps). It would be cool to hear your perspective. We are new and need more ratings and reviews to get better college rankings. Cool article – I just launched another one of these rankings sites called Vast Rank Vast Rank College Rankings and Reviews – We have a more fun and transparent approach where the rankings are decided directly by the visitors to the site. Google featured us as a featured project using their technologies (we use their maps). It would be cool to hear your perspective. We are new and need more ratings and reviews to get better college rankings.

]]> http://acrlog.org/2008/08/27/a-different-approach-to-college-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-104245 Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:40:20 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=889#comment-104245 [...] I last wrote about rankings I mentioned the growing number of different higher education rankings, everything from the top green [...] [...] I last wrote about rankings I mentioned the growing number of different higher education rankings, everything from the top green [...]

]]> http://acrlog.org/2008/08/27/a-different-approach-to-college-rankings/comment-page-1/#comment-98517 Dean Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:22:17 +0000 http://acrlog.org/?p=889#comment-98517 To condense the multidimensional nature of universities and colleges into a numerical rank is shoddy science indeed. It's really quite a sad situation that the USNWR guides are even taken seriously. As librarians, we teach the value of authority, yet we keep buying this pablum for our collections. What's sadder is that university administrators use these rankings to make important campus decisions. To condense the multidimensional nature of universities and colleges into a numerical rank is shoddy science indeed. It’s really quite a sad situation that the USNWR guides are even taken seriously. As librarians, we teach the value of authority, yet we keep buying this pablum for our collections. What’s sadder is that university administrators use these rankings to make important campus decisions.

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