# The College Rankings Racket

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## Metadata
- Author: [[James Fallows]]
- Full Title: The College Rankings Racket
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://fallows.substack.com/p/the-college-rankings-racket

## Highlights
- The fundamental point is: The most popular rankings were heavily based on inputs. They emphasized advantages the institutions already had (endowment, student-faculty ratio, etc), or advantages the students brought to the school (test scores, etc). They measured privileges, rather than providing any guide to opportunities.
- Higher education is at its best when it creates tomorrow’s opportunities. It is at it worst when it reinforces today’s inequalities.