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Religious Penalty in the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings
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Baumann, Robert W.; Chu, David K. W.; Anderton, Charles H. – Education Economics, 2009
Since its debut in 1983, the "U.S. News & World Report College Guide" has become the premier "consumer report" of higher education. We find that peer assessment, which is the largest component of the "U.S. News & World Report" ranking function, contains a penalty for religiously affiliated schools that is independent of the other "U.S. News &…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Demand, Consumer Education, Periodicals