The Washington Monthly College Guide and Rankings

 

 

Posted ?? September 2011, by Staff, Washington Monthly, washingtonmonthly.com

 

Excerpt of Table of Contents

 

Welcome to the Washington Monthly College Guide and Rankings. Unlike U.S. News and World Reportand similar guides, this one asks not what colleges can do for you, but what colleges are doing for the country. Are they educating low-income students, or just catering to the affluent? Are they improving the quality of their teaching, or ducking accountability for it? Are they trying to become more productive—and if so, why is average tuition rising faster than health care costs? Every year we lavish billions of tax dollars and other public benefits on institutions of higher learning. This guide asks: Are we getting the most for our money?

• Introduction: A Different Kind of College Ranking

  By the Editors

• Editor’s Note: The College Try

  By Paul Glastris

• National University Rankings

• Liberal Arts College Rankings

• Master’s University Rankings

• Baccalaureate College Rankings

• A Note on Methodology

 

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