An Economist Looks at College Rankings: An Anti-Benthamite View.

Orr, Daniel

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Publication Date: 1984

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An Economist Looks at College Rankings: An Anti-Benthamite View.

Orr, Daniel

Change, v16 n2 p45-49 Mar 1984

Opinions about quality are seen as the only relevant measures of quality that can be collected. A different view of quality in higher education, and a different set of university rankings are proposed. A system that draws pairwise comparisons of university performance across nine disciplines is described. (MLW)

Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Intellectual Disciplines, Recognition (Achievement), Reputation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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