<p>I really don't think it's that big of a deal, but some in the 'Nova community might. When I took my campus tour this past summer, my tour guide kept talking about how they were "sure" that they were going to break the top 10 next year.</p>
<p>Best</a> Undergraduate B-Schools 2010: No. 20 - BusinessWeek</p>
<p>Here's the links. Thoughts?</p>
<p>These are arbitrary changes made by businessweek to get people to actually look at their rankings. Honestly, do these colleges improve or worsen enough in the course of one year to warrant any changes in the rankings? Of course not. The ranking system is just not a good way to judge the quality of a B-school. Just look at Georgetown. In the past year, they built a brand-new, state-of-the-art business building and still get a B for “facilities.” It’s a sham.</p>
<p>Business Week ranking are used as a marketing tool by Universities.
I would put a real world test to these rankings.</p>
<p>Would you be at an advantage or disadvantage when looking for employment or grad schools based on your undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>In the real world , Wharton takes a back seat to no one.
If you were looking for a spot in Wall Street , Villanova would not come in behind BYU, Texas or Babson.Others are very close and subjective.</p>
<p>It looks like Villanova’s drop in the rankings are based on BW Recruiter Survey Rank at #69.
[Top</a> Undergraduate Business Programs 2010 - BusinessWeek](<a href=“http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/index.asp?sortCol=recruiter_survey_rank&sortOrder=1&pageNum=1&resultNum=50]Top”>http://bwnt.businessweek.com/bschools/undergraduate/10rankings/index.asp?sortCol=recruiter_survey_rank&sortOrder=1&pageNum=1&resultNum=50)
Dont know how this is measured , but Seton Hall , Hawaii ad Seattle are in the top 10 of this category.
If Business School is in your plans , research employment and MBA prospects , BW survey will have little relevance in that light.</p>
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<p>You may be right, but certainly the folks at Villanova have to be concerned. Rankings have a temendous effect on image and student recruitment. Villanova ranking high on student satisfaction and academic quality but was assigned a very low rating on the recruiter ranking part of the evaluation, and that’s certainly something they need to work to change.</p>
<p>Oh, I fully agree that it’s a problem for VU as far as representing itself well to prospective students because their extremely high ranking was something they used as a big marketing tool. </p>
<p>I’m just saying I don’t think it accurately reflects the quality of education and opportunities available at VU. Villanova’s rank may have dropped to 20, but that’s not to say that the quality of education at Nova seriously slumped in the past year. Because it hasn’t.</p>
<p>The number 7 ranking in academic quality suggests that you are correct, however they need to get that message out to the recruiters.</p>
<p>The Business Week are rankings make for interesting conversation but the reality is that a number of the top schools that will get someone an elite job in large corporation or on Wall Street are unranked: Harvard, Yale, Brown & Dartmouth, and others.</p>
<p>harvard, yale, brown, dartmouth do not have undergrad business</p>
<p>bump 10 char</p>