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The Student-to-Faculty Ratio: A Bogus Statistic You Should Ignore

Jared Hobson May 13, 2009 No Comments

Student-to-faculty ratios mislead. While they are oft-cited indicators of teaching quality, these ratios have no bearing on an individual student’s educational experience.

Applications to Harvard pass the 29,000 mark

Jared Hobson January 23, 2009 No Comments

The Yale Daily News reports that over 26,000 high school seniors applied for admission to Yale. Applications to Harvard have

Quality of the Educational Experience: Questions to Ask Admissions Officers

Jared Hobson March 31, 2008 No Comments

A couple of my previous posts have focused on student-to-faculty ratios and class size averages as indicators of educational quality.

Tag: statistics

The Student-to-Faculty Ratio: A Bogus Statistic You Should Ignore

Applications to Harvard pass the 29,000 mark

Quality of the Educational Experience: Questions to Ask Admissions Officers

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