<p>Just saw this link posted on the Whitman forum. Forbes magazine places Wellesley in the 3rd place on its new list of best LACs according to its own ranking system.</p>
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I think the U.S. News rankings ought to get a D. They’re roughly equivalent to evaluating a chef based on the ingredients he or she uses. At the Center for College Affordability & Productivity, a two-year-old research organization in Washington, D.C. with a free-market bent, we evaluate colleges on results. Do students like their courses? How successful are they once they graduate? In short, we review the meal.</p>
<p>Our measures begin with student evaluations posted on Ratemyprofessors.com , a nine-year-old site with 6.8 million student-generated evaluations. We look at college graduation rates (as does U.S. News). We also calculate the percent of students winning awards like Rhodes Scholarships and undergraduate Fulbright travel grants. For vocational success we turn to Who’s Who in America. Though imperfect, it is the only comprehensive listing of professional achievement that includes undergraduate affiliations.
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