A Better Way to Rank Colleges?
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As more college presidents drop out of U.S. News' popular rankings, hundreds of schools are helping put together a consumer-friendly alternative
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Over the last week, I've been writing about the disconnect between flow and rank. Paradoxically, sites that are ranked high don't always deliver a lot of hits when they link to you. On the flipside, there are some sites that are rarely on Top 100 lists, or talked about very much, that deliver substantial flow. Two of them stand out, one a veteran site, and the other a relative newcomer. 1. Daring Fireball is a thoughtful blog written by John Gruber that focuses on the Macintosh. Since I've returned to the Mac in 2005, and have been writing more about Mac issues, I've started getting links from this site, and when I do, they usually send between 1000 and 2000 readers my way. And they're generally interesting people with useful information and ideas. I follow Gruber on Twitter and have learned that he is a Phillies fan and therefore disappointed this year. His posts are interesting there too, and irreverent, which I like of course.  2. A Digg-like memetracker, news.ycombinator.com is in the same league as TechMeme, about 1000 hits for a highly ranked piece. I don't know much about the site, I'm not a regular reader, and I don't know much about the people who visit from this site.
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SAN DIEGO  Knocked down a few notches, UC San Diego was named the nation&#39;s 35th best university in the annual college rankings released today by US News &amp; World Report.
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Virginia moved into The Associated Press' men's college basketball Top 25 Monday, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference a record-tying seven teams in the poll. Wake Forest extended its lead at No. 1, the Cavaliers were No. 24, and there were five other conference schools in between, matching the feat accomplished twice by the Big Ten and once by the ACC.
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CollegeHotList.com, the most comprehensive, innovative social networking  site designed exclusively "for college  students by college students," officially  launches today.
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The College Board releases its annual Advanced Placement Report to the Nation next week. For us AP and IB dorks, it is the equivalent of the State of the Union address. No, delete that. The State of the Union is usually a bore. AP's Report to the Nation is more like the Academy Awards, for a small...
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Boston College moved into sole position of the No. 20 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 on Monday, after the poll was recalculated to fix a mistaken ballot.
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Information on bursaries on offer at England's universities and colleges is presented in an online map.
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The Black Coaches Association still wants more minority hires in college football. But the group's new report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.
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Texas A&amp;M is trying to show its critics that it belongs in the top 10.
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College bound? Donât forget to write (instead of calling).
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Harvard University and Princeton University tied for the top ranking in US News &amp; World Report&#39;s list of the best colleges for the second consecutive year.
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Survey shows university students don't seem to question Google's ranking system.
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Beating Harvard or Yale on a list of rankings would ordinarily make administrators at the State University of New York at Albany beam. But not when it wins the nation's No. 1 party school crown.
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Why the campaign against U.S. News & World Report's college rankings reeks of self-serving censorship.
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Air Force hopes its appearance in The Associated Press' Top 25 lasts longer than its previous one. The Falcons &#151; along with Notre Dame and Oregon &#151; moved into the rankings Monday for the first time this season.
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The Black Coaches Association&#39;s latest report card finds that most Division I schools are increasing their efforts to include minorities in the search process.