School Rankings: Mindless Narcissism or Do They Tell Us Something?

Y

7

Teachers; Practitioners

Comparative Analysis; Higher Education; Institutional Characteristics; Peer Evaluation; Professional Education; Rating Scales; Reputation; Social Work; User Needs (Information)

1043-7797

A 1994 "U.S. News and World Report" ranking of professional schools of social work is examined and compared with the findings of 8 other attempts to rank social work schools in the last 20 years. Results indicate that the assessment measures used were primarily faculty products (for example, articles published), and that the reputational studies involve academics' opinions of their colleagues. (Author/MSE)

1996

EJ516352