College Rankings Fail to Measure the Influence of the Institution (NY Times)

The new U.S. College Scorecard adds valuable information to the vast amount of post-secondary information available through rankings and other resources. But it suffers from many of the same flaws that afflict nearly every college ranking system: There is no way to know what, if any, impact a particular college has on its students’ earnings, or life for that matter. Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/02/business/new-college-rankings-dont-show-how-alma-mater-affects-earnings.html