What's in a name?(PLAYING THE NUMBERS)(Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's classification of higher education institutions )

From: Change | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Doyle, William R. | Copyright information 
 
  Taxonomy (the science of classification) is often undervalued as a 
glorified form of filing--with each species in its prescribed place in 
an album; but taxonomy is a fundamental and dynamic science, dedicated 
to exploring the causes of relationships and similarities among 
organisms. Classifications are theories about the basis of natural 
order, not dull catalogues compiled only to avoid chaos. 
--Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life

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