Pt. I The College Ranking Industry: From Curiosity, to Scorekeeper, to Rankocracy
ch. 1 Apples, Oranges, and Refrigerators: Should Colleges Be Ranked?
ch. 2 Meet the Ranking Industry's 800-Pound Gorilla and Its Cousins
ch. 3 Making "Best-College Stew": A Recipe for Disaster?
ch. 4 Who Cares about Rankings? Applicants Do!
ch. 5 Resist or Embrace: Educators' Responses to Rankings
ch. 6 Garbage In? The Misreporting of Rankings Data
pt. II The Prestige Treadmill: Reputation, Wealth, and Rankings
ch. 7 Conferring Pedigree: The Educational Aristocracy
ch. 8 Measuring Prestige by Popularity Poll: The Opinions of "Experts"
ch. 9 The Wealth of Institutions: What Is a College Worth?
ch. 10 The Spending Rat Race: Maximizing Per-Student Subsidy
pt. III The Gatekeepers: Judging Colleges by Who Gets In and Who Doesn't
ch. 11 The Best and the Brightest: Student Selectivity and College Rankings
ch. 12 SAT: The Elephant in the Admissions Office, and in the Rankings
ch. 13 Chasing High SAT Scores: The Games Colleges Play
ch. 14 Intercollegiate Admissions Competition: Winners and Losers
ch. 15 Affirmative Inaction: Race, Ethnicity, and Rankings
pt. IV Higher Goals for Higher Education: Outcomes, Value Added, and the Public Good
ch. 16 Inside the Black Box: Can Learning Gains Be Measured?
ch. 17 Proxies for Learning Outcomes: Instructional Content and Quality
ch. 18 Crossing the Finish Line: Ranking Schools by Graduation Rates
ch. 19 Making a Living: The Winding Road from College to Career
ch. 20 Social Immobility: College Rankings and the American Dream
ch. 21 Making a Life: The Art of Being Human
