About Episode 107:

In this episode, hosts Tom and Kelvin delve into the online program rankings associated with US News’ “Best Colleges” Rankings and discuss both the problems and the value such rankings bring to higher education.

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Coffee Links

• “100% Hawaiian” Coffee from Kauai Coffee Company (Kalaheo, Hawaii)
• “About Kauai Coffee Company”
• “Hawaiian Coffee: Everything You Need To Know”

Content Links

• “US News Best Colleges Rankings”
• “US News Online Programs Rankings”
• From Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast: “Lord of the Rankings” (Part 1 of 2)
• From Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast: “Project Dillard” (Part 2 of 2)
• “The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education”
• New York Times’ “College Access Index” (2017)
• Washington Monthly’s “College Guide and Rankings”
• “What Will They Learn?” (alternative college rankings from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni)
• US Department of Education’s “College Scorecard”
• Phil Hill’s Articles on the College Scorecard
• Summary Article: “Criticism of College and University Rankings (North America)” from Wikipedia
• From Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast: “Carlos Doesn’t Remember” (Part 1 of 3)
• From Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast: “Food Fight” (Part 2 of 3)
• From Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast: “My Little Hundred Million” (Part 3 of 3)
• TOPcast Episode #18: “Expanding Access to College Through Online Education”
• TOPcast Episode #101: “Debating ‘The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate’”
• TOPcast Episode #106: “Rise of the CATO”

Just for Fun Pop Culture Links

• Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
• Consumer Reports
• “StephenAtHome:” Stephen Colbert’s Twitter Account

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of this Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)