Archinect - News 2024-12-29T09:28:01-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150339308/risd-announces-withdrawl-from-u-s-news-world-report-s-best-college-rankings RISD announces withdrawl from U.S. News & World Report's Best College rankings Josh Niland 2023-02-15T15:40:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d2/d22bb17e0b203ae091646da1de553a81.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/risd" target="_blank">Rhode Island School of Design</a>&nbsp;announced its decision to withdraw from the U.S. News &amp; World Report's Best College <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/484929/rankings" target="_blank">rankings</a>&nbsp;on February 13, a move that joins <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/01/24/medical-schools-revolt-us-news-rankings/" target="_blank">more institutions</a>&nbsp;that are turning away from the highly-criticized process.&nbsp;</p> <p>RISD President, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150291431/crystal-williams-is-announced-as-the-18th-risd-president" target="_blank">Crystal Williams</a>, <a href="https://www.risd.edu/news/for-press/press-releases/rhode-island-school-design-withdraws-us-news-world-reports-annual?fbclid=IwAR136390LJjFnTVVX_YLaQ8wU0dR4NQBAkk34voOEejUPxOSrqJ1s5eZVYg" target="_blank">explained</a>&nbsp;that "principally, Rhode Island School of Design does not measure the value of our students or our academic programs based on the same factors used by&nbsp;<em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em>. Our educational model is predicated on three primary ways of learning: visual, material and intellectual."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f16de0ba6f66e99c8b0b67b978a36f2e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f1/f16de0ba6f66e99c8b0b67b978a36f2e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150322756/16-architecture-deans-criticize-and-opt-out-of-designintelligence-school-rankings" target="_blank">Previously on Archinect: 16 architecture deans criticize and opt out of DesignIntelligence school rankings</a></figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/800674/risd-pulls-out-of-us-college-rankings-list/" target="_blank"><em>Hyperallergic</em></a><em>'s&nbsp;</em>Rhea Nayyar&nbsp;reported on the design school&rsquo;s decision to abstain from the popular higher education guide, which has come under scrutiny over the last decade owing to claims of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/students-suing-elite-us-colleges-seek-wealth-favoritism-information-2023-02-09/" target="_blank">favoritism</a>, the broader&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150323378/criticism-around-u-s-news-best-college-rankings-targets-a-culture-of-deception-at-the-top-of-higher-education" target="_blank">manipulation</a>&nbsp;of young people along lines of prestige, and presumed career success after ...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150001015/architecture-named-seventh-best-job-in-the-engineering-category-out-of-eight Architecture named seventh best job in the "engineering" category (out of eight) Nicholas Korody 2017-04-03T12:38:00-04:00 >2017-04-14T03:16:05-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8a8v6lwpnegt2pjz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>U.S. News released a &ldquo;Best Job&rdquo; rankings from a variety of different industries and architecture came in seventh &ndash; in the &ldquo;engineering&rdquo; category. Out of eight. Following cartographer. And not even listed on the general 100 &ldquo;Best Jobs&rdquo; list.&nbsp;</p><p>The rankings are produced by looking at a variety of different criteria: median salary, employment rate, 10-year growth volume (number of new jobs created), 10-year growth percentage (percentage growth rate of new jobs), future job prospects (number of openings vs. number of job seekers), stress level, and work-life balance.&nbsp;</p><p>Of course, a number of these, like stress level, are subjective. More broadly speaking, the value of rankings like this are questionable. As even the ranking itself notes, &ldquo;Choosing an occupation is personal, and of course, there is no ideal way to determine the best job overall.&rdquo;</p><p>Read why architecture came out as number seven <a href="http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/architect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>