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Hay, Tina M. – Currents, 1992
Although higher education institutions dislike rankings published in the mass media, they like the attention the rankings create and prefer to be included rather than excluded. Common criticisms of the methodology include emphasis on inappropriate criteria, unfair comparison of private and public institutions, faulty assumptions, inaccurate data,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Mass Media
