Comments on: U-M gets an A? http://blogs.michiganreview.com/day-in-review/2008/02/23/u-m-gets-an-a/ The Campus Affiars Journal at the University of Michigan Wed, 21 May 2008 23:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: home security cameras http://blogs.michiganreview.com/day-in-review/2008/02/23/u-m-gets-an-a/#comment-49826 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:08:11 +0000 http://blogs.michiganreview.com/day-in-review/2008/02/23/u-m-gets-an-a/#comment-49826 <strong>security cameras...</strong> security cameras 2008... security cameras…

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]]> by: Adam Paul http://blogs.michiganreview.com/day-in-review/2008/02/23/u-m-gets-an-a/#comment-6269 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:00:27 +0000 http://blogs.michiganreview.com/day-in-review/2008/02/23/u-m-gets-an-a/#comment-6269 Brian, I agree the rating does not give anyone a false impression of safety in Ann Arbor. The town, overall, is quite safe for students. But that truth has little to do with how Reader's Digest looked at universities. The kinds of variables it used and the way it analyzed them remains shoddy. A few slight changes to this framework, like placing more weight on full-time front door workers, could have skewed the results against U-M. Brian,

I agree the rating does not give anyone a false impression of safety in Ann Arbor. The town, overall, is quite safe for students. But that truth has little to do with how Reader’s Digest looked at universities.

The kinds of variables it used and the way it analyzed them remains shoddy. A few slight changes to this framework, like placing more weight on full-time front door workers, could have skewed the results against U-M.

]]> by: Brian http://blogs.michiganreview.com/day-in-review/2008/02/23/u-m-gets-an-a/#comment-6174 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:51:08 +0000 http://blogs.michiganreview.com/day-in-review/2008/02/23/u-m-gets-an-a/#comment-6174 The only problem is that the ranking might make people too comfortable. I doubt Ann Arbor could rank low compared to other college towns, and a simple compilation of FBI statistics would confirm that. The only problem is that the ranking might make people too comfortable. I doubt Ann Arbor could rank low compared to other college towns, and a simple compilation of FBI statistics would confirm that.

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