What does "Environment" mean?
by sprack (2020-09-18 10:56:30)
Edited on 2020-09-18 10:57:17

In reply to: Notre Dame is 28th in WSJ's annual college rankings.  posted by G.K.Chesterton

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Not a subscriber and am not really interested in reading the article anyway, so just wondering what the definition of that is.

"Environment assesses the diversity of the university." *
by G.K.Chesterton  (2020-09-18 13:02:36)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

So, biased against a Catholic school *
by Son of Galway  (2020-09-18 15:22:16)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Yes, if you sort the environment rankings by worst score
by NavyJoe  (2020-09-18 16:27:21)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

You can see that there are many catholic / christian colleges that are ranked worst in that regard. Worst in this case is >400.
Environment:
by revressbo  (2020-09-18 11:47:49)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

“The WSJ/THE rankings measure school environments based on factors including the percentage of Pell Grant recipients—a proxy for students from low-income backgrounds—the racial and ethnic diversity of students and staff, and the proportion of students who come from abroad.“
Sounds like a useless and possibly harmful criterion.
by doolinbanjos  (2020-09-18 11:16:45)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

It's useless in that what is desirable about a college environment is subjective. Some of the things putting ND at the bottom may well be things that many people are looking for in a college. It's potentially harmful if we start to incentivize colleges to conform to an idealized environment for ranking purposes.

Then all college rankings are useless. *
by Keenan4w  (2020-09-18 16:58:02)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Agree completely
by sprack  (2020-09-18 14:27:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I guess we have too many Catholics. Yawn.
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by Frank Drebin  (2020-09-18 11:01:33)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Giving back to Mother Nature. *
by G.K.Chesterton  (2020-09-18 13:01:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Nit: Gaia *
by Raoul  (2020-09-18 13:34:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post