Wednesday, June 10, 2009

WHO CAN YOU TRUST FOR RANKINGS NOW?

There has been some recent rumblings in the college world that imply that the USNWR annual rankings are inaccurate, that they do not verify their criterion information given them by the universities when preparing the annual rankings materials.
I SAY "NO KIDDING"!
Let me say this, when wall street cannot be trusted and the government is pushing it's various agendas, why should it be suprising to anyone here that a media outlet has grown complacent and borders on corrupt!
We have NEVER used USNEWSWORLDREPORT as a sole influence in locating and picking a top tier education...why, because rarely does it really matter in the "REAL WORLD" if you got your degree from DUKE, CORNELL or WASH U so long as you got your degree and are certified to use the education in your place of occupation. Now I know many will line up to argue this to the enth degree but let's think about this for a second....
  • When building a house, did you EVER stop to ask the architect where they went to college or just that they did?
  • When driving a car, did you EVER ask the manufacturer where they received their education or just that they graduated with a degree in their field?
  • When having surgery, EVER ask the doctor to show you his degree or quiz him on his class ranking?
  • What about when you go to parent-teacher conferences, do you know where the teacher graduated from and what ranking that school is compared to others?

NO,NO,NO,NO,NO,NO......

Am I saying one should not value the highest education one can afford, no! I am saying that your choice should not be predicated on whether or not "it's" on the list! For many, their educations will be valued at a much different level such as how much interaction did they receive from their prof's.? Did they truely get support from the career offices when finding their job out of college? How often they actually got to speak with their "Professor" at the undergraduate levels or where the classes taught by TA's who couldn't speak english well? Ect...

Attached are SOME of the articles causing the stir, click here....
Article 2
Article 3

Talk with you again,

Jon

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