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Post by FIUGoldenPanther on Jun 3, 2007 1:02:22 GMT -5
I did a little research and find it unfair towards a school like FIU how the US News does their rankings. * Peer assessment: a survey of the institution's reputation among presidents, provosts, and deans of admission of other institutions * Retention: six-year graduation rate and first-year student retention rate * Student selectivity: standardized test scores of admitted students, proportion of admitted students in upper percentiles of their high-school class, and proportion of applicants accepted * Faculty resources: average class size, faculty salary, faculty degree level, student-faculty ratio, and proportion of full-time faculty * Financial resources: per-student spending * Graduation rate performance: difference between expected and actual graduation rate * Alumni giving rate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_and_university_rankings
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Post by TrueBlue on Jun 3, 2007 1:54:01 GMT -5
i've known about that that's why i've since disregarded US news rankings. I do believe everything is fair and just except for things like alumni giving, peer assessment, other categories are things FIU is doing well one but not getting much credit for (like selectivity) or things FIU really does need to work on (Retention and graduation rates) you really can't lie that that is a big factor and it is lacking at FIU
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