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Over-reliance on numbers: a guy thing?(NEWSWATCH)(Survey)
Is it all in the numbers? Some seem to think so, especially in higher ed, but the tide may be turning.
The U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings arrived in August, and with them came renewed debate about the importance of numbers. This year brought the lowest response rate ever to the survey. More than 60 college presidents signed a letter promising not to complete the survey or use its numbers in school promotions.
As president of Stanford University CA in 1997, Gerhard Casper ruffled feathers when he called the rankings misleading and inaccurate. Today he advocates for the discussion of the measurable and the immeasurable in education, but realizes numbers have a certain appeal. "The quantification of society," he said, "we're not going to stop."
Meanwhile, SAT numbers are falling. The national average SAT score fell for ...
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