Why Do Universities Compete in the Ratings Game? An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of the U.S. News and World Report College Rankings

By M. Meredith. 2004

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College Rankings as an Interorganizational Dependency: Establishing the Foundation for Strategic and Institutional Accounts (2011, background): “Prior studies have found that rankings have a strong influence on students as they make choices to enroll at research universities (Bowman and Bastedo 2009; Meredith 2004; Monks and Ehrenberg 1999).”
How Sound Is NSSE?: Investigating the Psychometric Properties of NSSE at a Public, Research-Extensive Institution (2011, background): “…U.S. News on entering student characteristics (e.g., SAT scores) has led to appraising institutional quality based on student characteristics rather than the value-added that colleges and universities bestow on their students (Meredith, 2004; O’Meara, 2007; Pike, 2004; Volkwein & Sweitzer, 2006).”
The Test-Optional Movement at America’s Selective Liberal Arts Colleges (2015, background): “…which is not entirely surprising, given that most selective colleges and universities rely on a host of external resource providers that place significant emphasis on institutional position and rank (e.g., students, families, government, industry, etc.; Bastedo & Bowman, 2011; Meredith, 2004).”
New challenges for higher education: global and Asia-Pacific perspectives (2009, background): “Although there are controversies about ranking surveys (Dichev 2001; Marginson 2007; Meredith 2004; Pike 2004), policymakers and higher education administrators are sensitive to rankings that clearly affect their behavior.”
Salience in Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the U.S. News College Rankings (2013, unknown): “Meredith (2004) uses a similar strategy but focuses on differential effects by quality tiers for a broader set of schools.”
Learning to Live with League Tables and Ranking: The Experience of Institutional Leaders (2008, background): “Some of these actions are admirable but the effect may be to reduce the ‘resources available for other activities, including those designed to recruit and retain students from traditionally underrepresented groups’ (Clarke, 2007, 38; see also Stake, 2006; Meredith, 2004).”