Peer Assessments: college rating game

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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<p>Some schools are boycotting the peer assessment grades that college presidents
assign other colleges -- they account for 25% of the score that US News & World uses
to rank schools across the country. They're pure opinion -- and the single biggest factor in how USNW comes up with its numbers.</p>

<p>Rice isn't mentioned in this story -- but I thought it might provide interesting background
for the next round of ratings come August. If it were up to me -- Rice would be a single-digit
school -- but that's just my opinion.</p>