text: New Study Quantifies Impact of College Ratings | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
  New Study Quantifies Impact of College Ratings
  They also demonstrate the influence of these rankings, which many higher education officials complain are unscientific, overly general, and misleading.
  "It raises important questions about the large role these arbitrary rankings can play in the college selection process," says Randall Reback, an associate professor at Barnard College who co-authored the study along with Molly Alter, a research analyst for the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University.