UC vs IVY LEAGUE

DRab
Sat, 27 May 2006 23:56:23 +0000

About peer assesment.



Peer assessment (weighted by 25 percent). The U.S. News ranking formula gives greatest weight to the opinions of those in a position to judge a school’s academic excellence. The peer assessment survey allows the top academics we contact–presidents, provosts, and deans of admission–to account for intangibles such as faculty dedication to teaching. Each individual is asked to rate peer schools’ academic programs on a scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). Those who don’t know enough about a school to evaluate it fairly are asked to mark “don’t know.” Synovate, an opinion-research firm based near Chicago, collected the data; 57 percent of the 4,098 people who were sent questionnaires responded.