Engines of Anxiety: Academic Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability

by Michael Sauder, Wendy Nelson Espeland, Michael Sauder

Students and the public routinely consult various published college rankings to assess the quality of colleges and universities and easily compare different schools. However, many institutions have responded to the rankings in ways that benefit neither the schools nor their students. In Engines of Anxiety, sociologists Wendy Espeland and Michael Sauder delve deep into the mechanisms of law school rankings, which have become a top priority...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087154427X
• ISBN13: 9780871544278
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"