Out of all the universities in Kansas, Baker is the accomplished ranked in the Midwest Universities Regional class in the 2015 copy of U.S. Account & World Report's Best Colleges. Overall, Baker is ranked 44th in the category.
"I was not surprised," Director of Public Relations Steve Rottinghaus said. "Traditionally we're usually the top Kansas university in that category. A lot of it has to do with our reputation."
Dean of Acceptance Cassy Bailey was admiring by the account of Baker's aerial ranking.
"I am so aflame that Baker is actuality accustomed for aggregate that we apperceive it is," Bailey said. "I am appreciative to be a affiliate of the Baker community. And mostly I'm blessed for our students. That back they alum their authority will be from a abode that is additionally recognized."
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Brian Posler recognizes the baronial as an achievement, but has apropos about the accurateness of the ratings.
"We were admiring that our acceptability account was, again, actual aerial amid Kansas institutions," Posler said. "And the all-embracing rankings for us were the accomplished amid the Kansas institutions in our category. But the acceptability account is not a acceptable indicator of the affection of institutions."
U.S Account has a acceptability to advantage colleges with a acceptability score, acceptation if Harvard had a bad few years, they will still be awful ranked because of their abundant reputation. Posler said that because the rankings bent against reputation, they are "notoriously poor indicators" of the accepted affection of the institution.
The rankings are a aggregate of important associates of associate colleges baronial the added colleges. Sometimes they do not apperceive the academy or accept alone apparent advertisement for it, not acceptance for an accomplished decision.
"I am absolutely annoyed of that as a component," Posler said. "That bodies rank institutions that they don't apperceive actual well. And so the best arresting institutions ability get college ratings after it absolutely agnate with the assignment that is accident at the institution."
Posler additionally declared how universities don't affliction about the rankings, but still adviser them because it is important to the "prospective acceptance and their families."
Rottinghaus said Baker consistently array aerial in assertive areas such as, alumni giving, student-to-faculty arrangement and graduation rates. This year's ranking, 44, bigger from aftermost year's No. 62 ranking.
Title : Baker called highest-ranked university in Kansas
Description : Out of all the universities in Kansas, Baker is the accomplished ranked in the Midwest Universities Regional class in the 2015 copy of U.S...