<p>The latest article by Foreign Policy that ranks undergrad programs for international relations did not include GW's Elliott School!</p>
<p>Last year George Washington was ranked 10th out of 20.</p>
<p>Here is the link for this year's rankings</p>
<p>Foreign</a> Policy: Inside the Ivory Tower</p>
<p>Why did George Washington drop off the list? Did the magazine want to include different schools this time?</p>
<p>The methodology is clear enough:</p>
<p>“Every two years, we survey international relations faculty from every four-year college and university in the United States, as identified by U.S. News & World Report. The 2008 results include the responses of 1,743 scholars collected between August and November of last year.”</p>
<p>Elliott didn’t make the list because fewer than 2% of international relations faculty nationwide named it.</p>
<p>I realize how they came up with the list, but I was trying to understand why George Washington wasn’t named by enough international relations faculty. They were 10th place just last year and I’m pretty sure that a considerable number of faculty wouldn’t have been replaced.</p>
<p>What does this mean for incoming freshmen?</p>
<p>it doesn’t really mean anything for anyone.</p>