Today, we unveil the 2015 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Simply being included among the 200 ranked scholars is an honor, given the tens of thousands who might be included. The list of qualifying scholars includes a qualitative component, though the actual scores are composed entirely of quantitative metrics. The rankings include the top 150 finishers from last year's rankings, along with 50 "at-large" nominees chosen by a selection committee of 31 automatic qualifiers (see yesterday's post for all the requisite details).
The metrics, as explained yesterday, recognize university-based scholars in the U.S. who are contributing most substantially to public debates about education. The rankings offer a useful, if imperfect, gauge of the public influence edu-scholars had in 2014. The rubric reflects both a scholar's body of academic work—encompassing the breadth and influence of their scholarship—and their footprint on the public discourse last year.
Here are the 2015 rankings: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2015/01/2015_rhsu_edu-scholar_public_influence_rankings.html
[Note: The other scholars in the review who are listed as affiliated with Stanford are: Eric Hanushek, Nel Noddings, Michael Kirst, Caroline Hoxby, Anthony Bryk, Susanna Loeb, Terry Moe, Sean Reardon, Sam Wineburg, Rob Reich, David Labaree, Prudence Carter, Thomas Dee, Bruce McCandliss, Mitchell Stevens, Edward Haertel, Pam Grossman (who this month started as dean of the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education), Eric Bettinger and Margaret (Macke) Raymond.]
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