It's a fall tradition. U.S. News & World Report's best-colleges guide hits newsstands--in the new edition, Harvard and Princeton tie for best university, and Williams takes the top liberal-arts slot--and sets off the annual controversy over how the magazine ranks schools. But this year the granddaddy of college ratings has a slew of new competitors. A guide to the alternatives. --By Jeninne Lee-St. John
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WASHINGTON MONTHLY STUDENTS' GUIDE ROLLING STONE Criteria for rankings How well schools foster public spiritedness, social mobility and community and military service in their...
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