Thanks to my loyal anonymous blog reader for sharing this article.
This is regarding the ranking of top US universities by Forbes. You can read the details here .
The methodology is as follow:-
1. Listings of Alumni in the 2008 edition of Who's Who in America (12.5%)
2. Salaries of Alumni from PayScale.com (12.5%)
3. Student Evaluations from Ratemyprofessors.com (25%)
4. Four-Year Graduation Rates (16.66%)
5. Students Receiving Nationally Competitive Awards (8.33%)
6. Faculty Receiving Awards for Scholarship and Creative Pursuits (5%)
7. Four-year Debt Load for Typical Student Borrowers (20%)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Forbes US Colleges Ranking
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Haha, is this the list that puts Cornell at #200-something and Brown and Dartmouth at #70-something and #80-something respectively?
25% from ratemyprofessors.com? Come on.
Yeah, Charis. That's the list.
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