Ericj Gertler News Today

U.S. News sells “badges” to colleges, so they can promote their rankings — whether they are 1st, 10th or much, much lower.

OPINION- Leadership matters. Especially in academia. Our education leaders do not simply educate the next generation of Americans but they also inculcate the values for our future leaders in this country. Now is a moment when their voice is essential – and their silence is destructive.

Barbaric attack on Israel is forcing us to again confront the type of world in which we want to live. Academia must choose morality and human rights.

Responding to critics, the publication made its biggest changes to its method in four decades. But it’s unclear whether that is enough to quiet the naysayers.

The revolt against the rankings has gone only so far. Some officials see little harm in cooperating, and what would dropping out do anyway?

With weeks left for colleges to submit their data to <i>U.S. News & World Report</i> for the undergraduate-program rankings, the university says it won’t play ball. It is the first highly ranked national institution to do so this season.

Top-ranked institutions can afford to take risks that others can’t.

Students know the lists are flawed. Here’s why some consult them, and some don’t.

After more than a dozen elite schools decided not to participate, the publication tweaked its methodology. And the ratings looked … not that different.

We've been asking for the same things for years.