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erudition (noun): substantial and extensive  knowledge that has been  acquired predominately  from books

For part 3 of our series on college rankings, College Tours of America sought to help explain how these rankings can be used. The National Association for College Admission Counseling is an organization that, like us, is devoted to helping people with the college admissions process. Their article, “College Rankings: Helpful or Hurtful?” helps tie together our series on rankings and illustrate how these publications can still be helpful to students.

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apropos (adverb): at an appropriate or suitable time

In part 2 of our series of articles to educate students and parents on published college rankings, College Tours of America recommends an article published by the Pope Center for Higher Education, entitled “Do College Rankings Mean Anything?” The article gives you an inside look at what is behind the ranking systems and what their numbers actually mean.

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assiduous (adjective): marked by vigilant, careful, and persistent effort

Many students simply use the multitude of publications with college rankings to guide their college search. While these lists are useful to gather information about different schools, they should not be any student’s primary guide.

College Tours of America investigates the world of college rankings with a series of articles from various sources.

The first installment is from the Atlantic monthly, entitled “Is There Life After Rankings?” The article, written by Colin Diver not only explains some of the flaws in college ranking system, but also describes the effects the system has on educational institutions through the story of one college that resists them.

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opportunism (noun): the practice of taking advantage of opportunities without regard to consequences

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