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Re:Why has college gotten so expensive in the last 30 years?... by Terr_ on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @08:24PM (#24348723)
One theory goes that the whole "College ranking" apparatus has created a "race to the most affluent" situation, since high tuition costs have no negative effect on a College's ranking, and if you don't spend on facilities and things to up your ranking, then you'll lose customers to the competitor who does.
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Re:Why has college gotten so expensive in the last 30 years?... by chmod775 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:39PM (#24349497)
Aren't college rankings mostly using the bullshit "citation" metric, for which researchers optimize by forming citation rings? [1]

[1] not to mention self-citations, which is probably half of all citations in the US vs roughly 1/4th of them in most other places: https://www.scimagojr.com/countryrank.php?order=au&ord=desc*

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