In this article on education, Max Ehrenfreund of the Washington Post, is discussing his opinion on the current fallacies in the college ranking systems. He voices his opinion on why he feels it is not right to rank a college based on their acceptance rate. The problem with this tactic are the unfair measures taken by colleges. A highly ranked college will often send thousands of letters to students, urging them to attempt to enroll at their college. Then, the college will be able to deny more applicants, therefore minimizing their acceptance rate, but still enrolling the same amount of students. Ehrenfreund believes that an effective substitution for this process would be to develop a "thoughtful, comprehensive system for ranking schools based on data." However, although this is pushed by many, it is also ridiculed by many.
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