For subjective reviews of data submitted by BGP schools, Aspen CBE used a team of twelve PhD and DPA Research Fellows, selected in a competitive process from leading institutions around the world. Research Fellows were trained carefully on the survey protocol. In any review by Research Fellows, scoring was done "blind" (to the extent possible, without school or faculty names associated with the data) and in pairs. This was done to obtain inter-rater reliability (consistency) and to minimize possible biases.

For more information about the methodology of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, visit our methodology page.