"A brilliant analysis and a much-needed corrective to the runaway power of college rankings and other metrics. The authors present a forensic analysis of school metrics, why they are flawed, the consequences of these metrics for students and institutions, and the alternative data that could be used by prospective students. This book will help students and their families navigate the quagmire of partial and misleading metrics to make more informed choices." -RADHIKA GORUR, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY "Whether it is college rankings or 'return on investment,' students ore bombarded with statistical indicators that claim to take the guesswork out of deciding where to go and what to study.
Metrics That Matter convincingly demonstrates that these simplistic, unreliable measures provide flawed bases for decision-making and undercut the role of the university as the setting for great teaching and cutting-edge research " -DAVID KIRP, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY "Families trying to make decisions about college are deluged with data and statistics—some of it good, some of it questionable, all of it bewildering.
Metrics That Matter cuts through the noise, using the tools of economics to help families make sense of some of the hardest questions teenagers face today : where to apply to college, what to study when you get there, and whether it's worth going to college at all." -PAUL TOUGH, AUTHOR OF THE INEQUALITY MACHINE "Rankings and ratings are not natural facts, yet it is often hard to see the methods and values that generate them.
Enter this extraordinary book, which explains how metrics measuring higher education come to be, the stratifications they reproduce, the values they promulgate, and what they diminish. This volume is essential fo- students, parents, faculty, administrators, and anyone concerned with an educated citizenry." -WENDY BROWN, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
"A brilliant analysis and a much-needed corrective to the runaway power of college rankings and other metrics. The authors present a forensic analysis of school metrics, why they are flawed, the consequences of these metrics for students and institutions, and the alternative data that could be used by prospective students. This book will help students and their families navigate the quagmire of partial and misleading metrics to make more informed choices." -RADHIKA GORUR, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY "Whether it is college rankings or 'return on investment,' students ore bombarded with statistical indicators that claim to take the guesswork out of deciding where to go and what to study.
Metrics That Matter convincingly demonstrates that these simplistic, unreliable measures provide flawed bases for decision-making and undercut the role of the university as the setting for great teaching and cutting-edge research " -DAVID KIRP, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY "Families trying to make decisions about college are deluged with data and statistics—some of it good, some of it questionable, all of it bewildering.
Metrics That Matter cuts through the noise, using the tools of economics to help families make sense of some of the hardest questions teenagers face today : where to apply to college, what to study when you get there, and whether it's worth going to college at all." -PAUL TOUGH, AUTHOR OF THE INEQUALITY MACHINE "Rankings and ratings are not natural facts, yet it is often hard to see the methods and values that generate them.
Enter this extraordinary book, which explains how metrics measuring higher education come to be, the stratifications they reproduce, the values they promulgate, and what they diminish. This volume is essential fo- students, parents, faculty, administrators, and anyone concerned with an educated citizenry." -WENDY BROWN, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
