"Colin Diver: The Rankings Farce"
May 18, 2022
A rant against the U.S. News & World Report rankings of universities.
As I see it, the rankings use some information that is likely helpful in distinguishing the "best" places from the rest. But the trouble the rankings have--and can't get away from--is Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."