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Ideologues at heart, we tend to obsess about big picture values, such as education and transformation, through a love of data and the story it tells. Data often reveals truth; at the very least, it reveals ambiguities.
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Which is tougher–Tulane or Rose-Hulman? Class standing, admit rates, and outliers

A lot of assumptions are made about colleges based on too few data points. Take ...

What’s more important than college admissions? College is.

You know what's more important than college admissions? College is. All day, every day, the ...

When did the four year degree stop being a thing?

With college sticker prices going up to $78,000 annually, I think it's reasonable for one to ...

Are sticker prices meaningless? Not with this much variation

It's unusual for me to write about sticker prices, because they so rarely correlate with ...

High Tide? Rising Tide?

The scope of change in the composition of the student body at Alabama is hard ...

How to conduct a great college search: dare to make decisions

We must guide students to reflect on their objectives rather than reacting to dynamics which ...