College Rankings Ax Yield Rate

College Rating by U.S. News Will Now
Skip a Key Factor

The New York Times Education Life reports that US News and World Reports
annual ranking of the top US colleges and universities, the holy grail
of Admissions Directors, is changing the way they rank. Gone will
be "Yield Rate," basically the % of those sent acceptance letters who
eventually
enroll.

Turns out that in order to inch up a position or two, colleges were
pressuring students to accept "binding early decision" (pay the deposit)
committments and thus automatically up their yield rates.

Personally, I am still pissed at US News and World Report for taking
the annual rankings off of the free section of their site, where until
last year I found it an excellent teaching tool and resource in counseling
my foreign students.  Now they want 10 bucks for access to EACH
SECTION, i.e. undergrad, business schools, etc.  Last year my class
took up a collection and bought a couple of passwords, pero que verguenza….

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