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Woa. She almost makes an amazing point in this article. She wants U.S News & WR to track adjuncts and penalize those that use too many adjuncts. This almost hit
by eigenrick 13y ago
Woa. She almost makes an amazing point in this article. She wants U.S News & WR to track adjuncts and penalize those that use too many adjuncts. This almost hits the mark.
How about the rankings are published along side the adjunct usage of each college, and we draw our own conclusions about the correlation/causality of adjunct usage and education quality. Who knows? Maybe education is better with more adjuncts. This seems like a good way to find out.
- smoyer 13y agoI'm wondering why they don't replace someone (professor or adjunct) who teaches Freshmen Seminar with a series of videos. The students don't listen and only recognize the value when they're failing Juniors.
- _delirium 13y agoMoving from the headline figure to some more solid data-reporting, with less emphasis on the black-magic ranking and more emphasis on how to use the information to make a decision, would be a good change to the US News rankings across the board. Currently they trumpet the headline rankings anywhere they can, and then very quietly give out some of the component data (some of which you have to subscribe to get). Unfortunately, what's good for the profits of US News & World Report is not necessarily in line with what would best educate the public.
- gertef 13y agoUSNWR gives points for constructing new buildings, so universities construct new buildings instead of teaching students.