Program and Policy Council member Sara Goldrick-Rab speaking the truth about the Upshot New York Times college rankings: When your peers are doing terribly, doing better than your peers isnt the same as doing good. The idea that Harvard is accessible to poor people when such a small number pass its gauntlet for admission to earn the nearly free net price on a campus where hidden expenses abound -- its laughable -- is a sure sign of a flawed methodology, said Sara Goldrick-Rab, director of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab and professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This is a set of metrics designed to praise the wealthy for doing a little philanthropy -- not a set of metrics aimed at helping spur colleges to become more accessible or affordable. You only win on this metric by being rich. The New York Times has helped perpetuate inequality. And it has added absolutely nothing to the college rankings or ratings conversation. https://insidehighered/news/2014/09/09/new-york-times-introduces-new-index-colleges-commitment-low-income-students
Posted on: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 18:00:01 +0000
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