Author: Wendy Espeland

This volume contains an Open Access chapter.We have witnessed an avalanche of quantitative public measures over the past decades. Research in the social sciences has shown that rankings in particular …

This volume contains an Open Access chapter.We have witnessed an avalanche of quantitative public measures over the past decades. Research in the social sciences has shown that rankings in particular …

Students and the public routinely consult various published college rankings to assess the quality of colleges and universities and easily compare different schools. However, many institutions have r …