That’s a pretty stupid methodology. Ask where the most students are recruited from—and you’re going to end up with pretty much those schools with the most students, peppered with a couple of more rigorous schools located in regions where there isn’t other top-school competition. And that’s pretty much what this list is. Does anyone really doubt but that Harvard or Stanford grads have greater career opportunities? Are the largest schools really necessarily the best ones for job-minded students? (Yes, they may have a large quantity of recruiters, but do they have the quality of job opportunities?)
Since I have a child in the process of looking for a school I was tempted to read the article. But I didn’t. Simply because I do not trust any MSM source to be impartial. Particularly not when it comes to fellow liberal institutions such as most Colleges.
very nice to see my alma mater up there.
The real question is about the least successful schools and programs.
What type of work will a graduate in Albanian studies seek? How many openings are there?How many others have a similar degree? What is the starting salary?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/education/03cncwarren.html
What about the likes of Chicago State University, whose abysmal graduation rates are lower than those at many for-profits? Where’s the accountability in a public nonprofit sector whose receipt of federal, state and county tax dollars far exceeds the federal dollars going to for-profits?
And why insist that only the for-profits show — as is tentatively proposed — that they have prepared graduates for “gainful employment” and that their graduates have a certain debt-to-earnings ratio?
but apparently not other higher-education nonprofits — should be held to a “gainful employment” standard.
Given community colleges’ lobbying clout, the Cubs will win the World Series before that happens.