<p>How come GW missed the top 50?</p>
<p>They have always missed the top 50 every year since 1998. In 1998 GW was ranked 46th and every year since then, for the last 8 years GW has missed the top 50. This year GW was ranked 52nd.</p>
<p>It has to do with their alumni giving rate which is very low and the fact that they have a low percentage of faculty that is full-time.</p>
<p>Pretty soon they are going to get passed by other schools if they fail to act upon improving their criteria which is used for U.S. News ranking.</p>
<p>AU has the same problem. I think USNEWS full time faculty rating is actually very retarded. An adjunct prof for a china-u.s relations course that works full time in Chinese studies at the World Bank is better than a mediocre full time prof with a specialty in conflict resolution. The endowment thing is definitely a concern though.</p>