U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 “Best Colleges” ranking in September. Marketed as a guide for students in their college-selection process, the list is, in reality, a reputational … Continue reading “College Rankings Can Still Get Better”
Popularized in the ’80s by U.S. News & World Report, college rankings have become a go-to tool for prospective students and parents, not to mention an annual “popularity” contest for … Continue reading “Is Niche.com Really the “Most” Rigorous Rankings Site?”
Yesterday, U.S. News released its 2024 Best Colleges Rankings. UNC-Chapel Hill moved up to number four among public universities and number 22 among all universities in the U.S. (up from … Continue reading “Despite Naysayers, UNC-Chapel Hill Climbs the Rankings”
In late 2023, a new book on law and legal education is coming out (Legally Blind). In the book, I explain how ideology is affecting legal theory, teaching, and the … Continue reading “A New Way to Rank Law Schools”
As students and parents shop for colleges, trying to envision what they will receive in return for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, one of the central questions on … Continue reading “Beyond Student-Faculty Ratios”
The college application season has long been notorious for the anxiety it instills in high school seniors, many of whom are seeking admission to schools they believe will determine their … Continue reading “The College Rankings Game: How Students and Parents Are Being Played”
How do North Carolina’s colleges rank amongst the nation’s top colleges? Do going to these schools make a big difference in earnings after graduation? Using both Forbes and the Wall … Continue reading “Did You Know? How North Carolina’s Institutions Rank Among the Nation’s Top Colleges”
The ideas we proposed over the past ten years may be implemented in the next ten.