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Colleges That Graduate Students Deep in Debt

Huffington Post - Blog

August 18, 2010

If April showers bring May flowers, what does July heat bring? Not August meat. August is instead open season on college rankings -- which are, of course, mostly fluff. The idea that the overall quality of U.S. colleges and universities can be reduced to a single number, which allows institutions to be rank-ordered first to last, is hugely problematic. But it's also hugely popular.

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