Why parents should look beyond popular college ranking sites

19/11/2025 34 min Episodio 164
Why parents should look beyond popular college ranking sites

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The top college ranking sites dictate so much of how people evaluate colleges, but should they? Paul Glastris is the Editor-in-Chief of The Washington Monthly and previously worked for U.S. News and World Report on their college rankings. In this episode, Paul explains what the current top-ranking websites get wrong about college rankings and what 95% of students should be looking at instead.
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