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Clemson Staffer Outlines College Rankings Manipulation
xzvf writes "A disgruntled Clemson University staffer shows how US News and World Report college rankings are manipulated. Techniques include bad-mouthing other schools, filling out applications from highly qualified students that never intended to apply, and lying about class size and professor salaries." The school, naturally, denies that anything unethical went on. The New York Times has a more detailed article, which links to this first-person account of the presentation.
water is wet!
Of course they cheat. They have to. If they don't know how to cheat then how can they catch the students when they cheat so they can cheat better and better so they can cheat into a job where others learn to cheat from them! /cheat cheat
It's like contrast ratio and response time for LCDs. Does anyone actually base their college choice on these rankings, anyway?
Why, I chose the college with the fastest LCDs, something wrong with that?
Yeah. Would you choose a neurosurgeon who pokes around people's brains in his spare time? I wouldn't.
Because kids choosing a school based on Playboy's party ranking are the kind of kids that get into MIT.
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