The Ranking Battle in Higher Ed

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🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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In November, Yale Law School pulled out of the U.S. News & World Report law-school rankings, saying the system was flawed. A wave of law, medical and undergraduate schools quickly followed. WSJ’s Melissa Korn reports on how the revolt was decades in the making. Further Reading: -The Unraveling of the U.S. News College Rankings -Yale and Harvard Law Schools Abandon U.S. News Rankings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ryan.
0:02.1	Our colleague, Shavon Hughes, who you've heard from many times on our show as a reporter,
0:06.6	is hosting today's episode.
0:08.7	Here she is.
0:12.0	In 2014, US News and World Reports, Brian Kelly was a guest on CBS this morning.
0:18.9	He was there to reveal the 30th edition of the Publications College rankings, and the
0:24.2	announcement was treated like a news event.
0:27.2	Listen, a lot of people are ranking the colleges and universities, but after 30 years,
0:30.7	I'm thinking you all are the gold standard.
0:32.3	Do you think that too?
0:33.3	Well, thank you.
0:34.3	I'm going to agree with you on that.
0:35.3	I appreciate that.
0:36.3	Every year, US News and World Report ranks colleges and universities across the country.
0:42.0	What I think we like to say, we are the gold standard.
0:44.2	It starts with US News, and everybody says, okay, here's how we're not like US News.
0:47.9	Okay.
0:48.9	And number one is Princeton.
0:51.3	Number one is Princeton.
0:52.3	Okay.
0:53.3	The usual suspects.
0:54.3	I don't think the impact that US News rankings have had on schools can be understated.
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