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- Feature: Finding True Peers
- The Editor's View: Goals of the Editor
- Expert's Forum: Getting In: A College Admissions Primer
- Connections: Providing for Gifted Education through the No Child Left Behind Act
- Consultant's Corner: How do I know if my child is in with the right peer group?
- Product Tips: Living History
- Currents: Sayonara Senioritis?
- Currents: Formula Changes for College Rankings
- Currents: Ethical Advice for the Computer Age
- Currents: Admissions Officers Frown on Coaching Services
- Currents: Zs Are Important to Learning ABCs
- Currents: Dealing with Boredom
Currents
Formula Changes for College Rankings
Volume 4 / Issue 1 / Fall 2003
U.S. News and World Report, which publishes the annual “America’s Best Colleges,” is removing the controversial yield rate from their ranking method in response to concerns from educators. The yield rate is the percentage of applicants admitted to a college who go on to attend it. Many believe that colleges have increased their yield rates by accepting more students via early admission just to do well in the rankings; this technique in turn puts undue pressure on applicants to decide on one college early on. U.S. News counters that the yield rate accounted for only 1.5 percent of a college’s score. Indeed, this year’s rankings have not changed significantly.
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