if you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make a change.

  1.  

    UC-San Diego Voted Best College in America. Yale, Princeton Not Even in Top 30. →

    krysjill:

    According to Forbes, I graduated from the 5th best college in America. =)

    It’s about time college rankings were measured by its students & graduates’ contribution to the public good.

    Forbes completely rails on Washington Monthly’s non-conventional college rankings.

    I don’t fully agree with either side. I applaud Washington Monthly’s attempt to recognize colleges for their societal benefit, but I agree with Forbes that the criteria is lacking. It’s great to provide opportunities to low-income students, but their admission/graduation alone does not necessarily lead to a greater society. How many of those graduates go on to use their education in skilled jobs? It begs the question, what is a college degree really worth nowadays?

    On the other side, I think Forbes discounts this generation’s genuine desire to see a better world. The author says the ivy league history grad would gladly take a corporate job over the peace corp if the job was available. Not speaking as an ivy league grad, but I think that’s an unfair blanket statement.

    Good article to get you thinking more critically about rankings, though…

    Source: krysjill

    1. ksanjose reblogged this from marlonfernandez
    2. marlonfernandez reblogged this from aahaahron
    3. krysjill reblogged this from kathlyn and added:
      first few paragraphs, then blogged...haven’t had the chance to read it in its entirety, so...
    4. kathlyn reblogged this from krysjill and added:
      Very interesting read. It’s not a Forbes ranking, it’s a Washington Monthly ranking. With some valid points and...
    5. aahaahron reblogged this from kweeezy
    6. manalo reblogged this from krysjill and added:
      Forbes completely rails on Washington Monthly’s non-conventional college rankings.I don’t fully agree with either side....
    7. kweeezy reblogged this from krysjill
    8. krysjill posted this