Ethos:
Joe
Nocera NY Times columnist, U.S. News & World, U.S. News magazine not only
rankes Universities but law schools, Graduate schools, and even high schools.
Pathos:
“Harvard,
Princeton, Yale, and Columbia are at top of list for best Universities in the
states, but are they;” “ Exercise is a little silly” “and they imbue these
rankings with an authority that is largely unjustified” “Better ranking, they
need to spend money like mad — even though they will have to increase tuition
that is already backbreaking.” “If you figure out how to do the same service
for less money, your U.S. News ranking will go down,” “Those who don’t land a
prestigious admission feel like failures.” “I have no doubt that you can obtain
a very good education at Texas A&M. As you surely can at many other
institutions that don’t crack the top of the U.S. News rankings.”
Logos:
This
list is made by magazines editors. This list probably keeps the enterprise
alive charging $34.95 to see the web site and they imbue these rankings with an
authority that is largely unjustified. “U.S. News cares a lot about how much
money a school raises and how much it spends: on faculty; on small classes; on
facilities; and so on. It cares about how selective the admissions process is.”
“High school students — pushed by parents, guidance counselors and society
itself — is to get into a “good” school.” bang for the buck.” “Its top-ranked
national universities this year are the University of California-San Diego and
Texas A&M. Neither is ranked in the top 30 by U.S. News. All they do is
graduate a higher percentage of students than you would expect given their
populations — at a reasonable price.”
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