USNews美国大学排名是客观公平的标准吗？

　　作为广大学生选校重要标准，USNews美国大学排名是客观公平的标准吗？

　　以下是usnews官方解释：

　　are the rankings objective and fair?

　　we do our utmost to make sure they are. each school’s rank (within its group of peer institutions) is based on the same set of quality measures. furthermore, at least 75 percent of a school’s ranking is based on a formula that uses objective measures of academic quality such as graduation rates (77.5 percent in the national universities and national liberal arts colleges categories). the remaining 25 percent (22.5 percent in the national universities and national liberal arts colleges categories) is based on a peer assessment among top academics at colleges or an academic reputation survey among high school counselors.

　　排名数据客观公平吗?

　　我们尽全力保证这些数据客观公正。各个学院在其同类院校中的排名都基于相同的评价体系,而且,至少有75%的排名条目是根据基于诸如毕业率等的客观学术质量数据的公式来计算的(在国立大学和国家文理学院类型中这个数据为77.5%),其它25%的排名(在国立大学和国家文理学院类型中这个数据为22.5%)则是根据顶尖院校的相关评估和针对高校辅导员进行的学术声誉调查来进行的。

　　in the peer assessment survey u.s. news asks the president, provost, and dean of admissions at each school to rate the quality of the academic programs for schools in the same ranking category, including their own. (those unfamiliar with a particular school are asked to check a box labeled don’t know.)

　　在顶尖院校的相关评估中,我们us.news工作者访问了各个学校的校长、教务长和招生办主任,让他们对列表中同类学校专业的学术水平进行评估,当然也包括他们自己学校(对于那些他们不太了解的学校,我们要求标上标签不知道)。

　　peer assessments are subjective, but they are also important: a diploma from a distinguished college can help a graduate get good jobs and gain admission to top-notch graduate programs, just as a high school’s reputation can help or harm an applicant’s chances of getting into a good college. u.s. news also asks high school counselors from public and private schools to rate colleges in the national universities and national liberal arts college categories.

　　虽然这些评估带有主观性,它们同样很重要：就像高中学校的名声好坏关系着学生进入名校的机会一样,著名大学的文凭可以帮助毕业生取得一份好工作。我们也邀请了来自公立和私立大学的高校辅导员对国立大学和国家文理学院进行评价。