《参考消息》2006年8月25日第6版：，美高校管理者不欣赏大学排名
The ladder of fame
Aug 24th 2006 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition
ON AUGUST 18th US News & World Report r________① its 2007 rankings of America's top colleges. The survey began in 1983 as a simple straw poll, when the magazine asked 662 college presidents to identify the country's best places of learning. It has since mutated into an annual ordeal[1] for reputable universities. （1）A strong showing in the rankings spurs student interest and alumni giving; a slip has grave consequences.
University administrators deeply dislike the survey. （2）Many reject the idea that schools can be stacked[2] up against one another in any meaningful way. And the survey's methodology is s________②. The rankings are still based partly on peer evaluations. They compare rates of alumni giving, which has little to do with the transmission of knowledge. Besides, the magazine's data are supplied by the schools and uncorroborated[
