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Breaking the Grip of the College Rankings Game
Colin Diver, author of Breaking Ranks: How the Rankings Industry Rules Higher Education and What to Do About It, visits the podcast to talk about how U.S. News & World Report and other rankings force colleges into standardized hierarchies and threaten the institutional diversity and social mobility that is the hallmark of American higher education. The hosts open the episode with a brief conversation on how the overturning of Roe v. Wade might impact higher ed and the new proposed rules for Title IX announced by the Biden administration last week.
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