Provost: College rankings misleading

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Provost Brad Bateman

It’s that time of year when you’ll find college rankings under every rock and behind every tree. In an opinion piece published in the Columbus Dispatch, Denison Provost Brad Bateman explains why these rankings offer bad advice. “Not one of these presentations has the information required to make the kind of large-scale comparisons that they offer,” he writes.

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9:35 AM September 9, 2010

Gregg parini wrote:

Great retort, Brad!

10:41 PM September 11, 2010

jianmin zeng wrote:

supoort Brad Bateman, abolish college ranking!

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