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Adapting to criticism and college opt-outs, U.S. News teases its latest rankings

University Business

Following harsh criticism from the nation’s top medical schools and the Department of Education, U.S. News and World Report is set to release its law and medical school: research rankings next week with an updated methodology and a reliance on public information from schools that now refuse to participate.

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U.S. News rankings out, digital marketing in?

University Business

The stream of graduate schools opting out of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings may be growing to include entire universities, but what these schools will do to market themselves effectively remains unanswered. When Yale Law School opted out in November, a flood of other law schools, such as U.C.

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Stillman first HBCU to withdraw from U.S. News Best College Rankings

University Business

Stillman College is joining a growing group of colleges and universities that are abandoning the U.S. News Best College rankings. News Best Colleges rankings does not accurately represent the impact that Stillman has on the community, the state or the nation. Read more from WVUA 23.

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The U.S. News exodus never happened. How did the top ranking service outlast naysayers?

University Business

News & World Report released its latest college rankings yesterday, and colleges are touting their improvements, prevailing against the barrage of criticism it received at the turn of the year. In one month’s time, Rhode Island School of Design, Colorado College and Bard College (N.Y.) all dropped out.

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Colorado College to Drop Out of ‘U.S. News’ Rankings

Inside Higher Ed

Colorado College announced Monday that it is leaving the rankings produced each year by U.S. News & World Report ’s methodology, weighing the proportion of students with debt and the total amount of debt at graduation, creates incentives for schools to admit wealthy students who can attend without incurring debt.

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The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading

Today's Learner

It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. Reading Time: 2 minutes Standards-based grading (SBG) has been ingrained in the American education system for over a century.

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The Pros and Cons of Standards-Based Grading

Today's Learner

It has been a determining factor in students’ admissions to colleges, law schools, medical schools, and even driver’s licenses. Reading Time: 2 minutes Standards-based grading (SBG) has been ingrained in the American education system for over a century.