<p>None of these are new reports… all were discussed on CC (usually on the individual college forums) when they occurred.</p>
<p>I knew about GWU, Bucknell, Emory and Claremont McKenna but Tulane is new to me…</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1440780-tulanes-us-news-ranking-jeopardy.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/tulane-university/1440780-tulanes-us-news-ranking-jeopardy.html</a> </p>
<p>It is becoming so common we aren’t really talking about it too much… :(</p>
<p>Typical drivel from the education writers at the WaPo. It would have been nice if an editor might have asked this “reporter” to expand on the impact of the inflated numbers. </p>
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<p>Would it have been hard to report that the numbers reported by Claremont ended up having ZERO impact on the rankings. Something that the media vultures who feasted on the original story were too uneducated in the subject to understand in the first place, and too dishonest to acknowledge later. </p>
<p>As this report confirms! Makes Jay Mathews look like an intelligent reporter! They really should stick to produce fluff pieces about the AP/IB boondoggle in Virginia and Maryland.</p>
<p>Maybe it would stop happening if USNEWS started penalizing the liars.</p>
<p>“They really should stick to produce fluff pieces about the AP/IB boondoggle in Virginia and Maryland.” HAhahahahaha! OMG, that’s all they ever write about – that or the “gifted” programs!</p>
<p>… or if the USNews stopped pretending there is anyone who checks the data submitted. </p>
<p>A good start would be to take a look at the surveys filled by the Presidents and Provosts that, to this date, represent the largest component of the rankings. As a true analysis of the impact of presenting inflated selectivity numbers indicate, that fiddling is both statiscally meaningless and … untenable in the long run. </p>
<p>On the other hand, the blatant manipulation of the subjective reports has and continues to pay huge dividends for the friends of the USNews.</p>
<p>The saddest part is that despite its lack of integrity, the USNews remains the best source for comparative information. Even if one should disregard the silly ranking itself.</p>
<p>This sort of data manipulation can be so dangerous: what if a h.s. student intended to apply to N.39, but really applied to No. 44, got in, matriculated, met a future spouse, got a degree and ended up with a job and a marriage that was never meant to be?! The HORROR!</p>
<p>^^Yeah, plus imagine how wretched the education the person would get from a college ranked five whole places lower than what they intended. Same for the spouse - a lot worse than the spouse they would have met and married at a college that really was worthy of the #39 ranking.</p>
<p>It’s crucial that the rankings be kept pure and free from fraud or error lest students mistakenly make dreadful life choices.</p>
<p>Hahahahaha, glido!!! Where is my green square button?</p>