Do university rankings really matter?
Many colleges around the nation have found a problem with the college ranking system of U.S. News and World Report. CNN reports that some of the colleges, such as Sarah Lawrence College and Dickinson College, said the ‘reputation survey’ of the publication is nothing more then a “collegiate beauty contest.” Also, it doesn’t serve as a good platform to show the quality of education a school has to offer. For Oregon State University, many on campus see the use of the ranks differently. In the 2007 edition of U.S. News and World Report, OSU is ranked in the third tier – the same position as the previous year. However, OSU had some high points within other rankings with it’s programs and colleges. For graduate programs in community health, U.S. News and World Report ranks The Oregon Master of Public Health degree program from the College of Health and Human Sciences in second place. Pat Newport, director of marketing and advancement for the College of Health and Human Sciences, said they’r
