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| Oberlin
Falls One Point in U.S. News By Jesse Baer Oberlin dropped slightly in U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking of liberal arts colleges to tie with Mount Holyoke College for 23rd place. Last year, Oberlin tied with Bates College for 22nd place. In 1983, when U.S. News and World Report began ranking colleges, Oberlin placed in the top five. Over the years, the College’s rank has fallen steadily “Oberlin continues to enjoy its deserved place within the top 25 liberal arts schools in the nation,” Director of Media Relations Scott Wargo said. “U.S. News and World Report fails to recognize the Colleges culture, its diversity.” Since their inception, the rankings have come under heavy fire from critics who call them simplistic and misleading. “I am extremely skeptical that the quality of a university — any more than the quality of a magazine —can be measured statistically,” Gerhard Casper, former president of Stanford University, said. Supporters contend that the rankings provide a unique resource for making comparisons among colleges. A recent nationwide survey concluded that only 20% of prospective college students pay attention to the U.S. News rankings when making their decision. |
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