Commentary: US News & World Report university rankings spur a revolt. What we need are more meaningful evaluations
In the beginning, God created the heavens, the earth and American higher education. We lived in a bucolic state of nature until an evil serpent, U.S. News & World Report, tempted us to partake of the Tree of Knowledge: namely, college rankings. A fall from grace ensued.
That’s what you might think when reading about the recent spate of attacks on U.S. News. Six elite law schools — including Harvard and Yale — announced that they would no longer participate in
