Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – Brian Kelly, the editor of US News and World Report, visits the Clinton School tomorrow to discuss the magazine’s rankings of Best Colleges and Universities. Some, including Clinton School Professor Dr. Keith Nitta, question whether the ranking system accurately reflects performance. While I’m a big fan of Nitta’s, I believe the magazine provides a valuable service for reviewing colleges and universities. After all, most ranking systems have some subjectivity to them.
Quite frankly, like some others in higher education, I am much more concerned about the debt load college students are piling up. I’ll ask Brian if he will consider adding another column to his list for each college and university: the percentage of graduates having college loan debts of $10,000 or more to repay after graduation.