College Confidential - View Single Post - A Comparison of Overall USNWR Rank and PA Rank

afan · 05-12-2008, 03:07 PM

according to collegehelp, one can calculate a college's PA score quite accurately from knowing things like a proxy for overall faculty research quality, financial status of the college, and some measures of student preparation and graduation rates.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...eer+assessment

For universities, the formula explained 94% of the variance in PA scores. For LAC's a similar formula, that omitted faculty research, explained 84%

So these appear to be what the academics are really looking at when they generate the PA scores.

05-12-2008, 03:07 PM	#23
afan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,619	according to collegehelp, one can calculate a college's PA score quite accurately from knowing things like a proxy for overall faculty research quality, financial status of the college, and some measures of student preparation and graduation rates. http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...eer+assessment For universities, the formula explained 94% of the variance in PA scores. For LAC's a similar formula, that omitted faculty research, explained 84% So these appear to be what the academics are really looking at when they generate the PA scores.
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