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Provost Mary Boyce said the university "deeply regret the deficiencies" it gave to the popular ranking publication.

With Ivy League schools like Harvard, Yale, and Columbia deciding they will no longer submit data, will college and university rankings go away?

Higher Education News

A math professor questioned the accuracy of the data his institution submitted to the magazine. Since then, the magazine’s analysts say, administrators haven’t satisfactorily answered questions.

U.S. News & World Report announced that it had “unranked” the Ivy League university after being unable to verify its data.

The university, which had climbed to No. 2 in the influential rankings, said it needed more time to address questions about its data, which were raised by a Columbia math professor.

The university cited an active institutional review prompted by accusations that it had falsified its submission to the magazine.

In a letter posted Thursday night, provost Mary Boyce revealed that the university “immediately embarked on a review of our data collection and submissions process” following Thaddeus’s article.

Columbia University task force recommends restructuring the leadership of the undergraduate college, a donor favorite. Alumni, students and many professors object.

Researchers who submit to the publication say survey answers are subject to errors, ambiguity, and pressure to look good.