Malcolm gladwell is the host of Revision Tory, a podcast about things overlooked and misunderstood. In this episode he takes us to all kinds of strange places for his take on school rankings. We'll meet a mysterious college administrator who ask to be identified only as dean,. A band of hackers who agreed to join our cause. And why does everyone take them so seriously?
For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges and universities in the United States. As a public service to our listeners, we hack the algorithm and discover the dirty little secret of the rankings game.
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