<p>Has anyone shelled out the $20 for the "expanded" online version of USNWR? The ad copy indicates access to additional rankings, the ability to compare colleges, access to additional college stats., etc. Anything there that's not readily available elsewhere, for free?</p>
<p>I abhor the useless one-size-fits-none rankings, but I’ve gladly paid the modest fee for the access to the data collected. We have enough web technology to support individualized construction of criteria weightings (i.e., some care a lot about employment prospects and nothing about endowment size) instead of some magazine editors’ collective opinion.</p>