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pokerfacer
on Feb 1, 2013
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Bill Gates Says There Is Something Perverse In Col...
US News's rankings are based upon metrics like acceptance rate, retention rate, yield rate, charitable donations, faculty-student ratio, endowment, etc. These rankings don't predict the "best" colleges, but rather the most prestigious.
lordofmoria
on Feb 1, 2013
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curious, how does faculty-student ratio relate to prestige?
pokerfacer
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It's not a perfect proxy for prestige, but cash-rich universities with large endowments have more professor positions than less well-off colleges.
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