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Lawsuit against USC education school alleges fraud in US News & World Report data

LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California's education school was sued Tuesday by former students who claim that officials violated state law by falsely advertising the graduate program's high online degree ranking, which was based in part on fraudulent data submitted to U.S. News & World Report's college rating…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: US News & World Report university rankings spur a revolt. What we need are more meaningful evaluations

In the beginning, God created the heavens, the earth and American higher education. We lived in a bucolic state of nature until an evil serpent, U.S. News & World Report, tempted us to partake of the Tree of Knowledge: namely, college rankings. A fall from grace ensued.

Chicago Tribune

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US News college ranking under scrutiny after Ivy League university plummets

Reliability of data used to compile influential list in doubt after Columbia University drops from second to 18th place

The Guardian - US

Incomplete grade? Columbia loses ranking over dubious data

U.S. News & World Report has unranked Columbia University from its 2022 edition of Best Colleges

The Independent UK

College Football Expansion Top 10 Candidates From Group of Five Conferences

Top 10 - plus one - Group of Five conference schools that make sense for expansion.

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Google claim that it bans gun ads is BS

Analysis shows that Google’s ad systems served up more than 100 million ads from gun makers

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USC education school omitted key data for US News & World Report rankings, report says

LOS ANGELES — Two deans at the University of Southern California’s education school directed officials to omit key data submitted for U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of best graduate schools, moves that contributed to the school’s rise in the rankings, according to an investigation released Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: College rankings are misleading. So why do we still use them?

Many high school seniors have been opening emails over the past weeks that tell them whether they got into the colleges of their choice. Even as they do so, the criticisms of published college rankings that may have guided their preferences are cropping up — again.

Los Angeles Times

Este lujoso hotel cerca de Miami fue seleccionado como uno de los mejores del país

Feb. 10—Es algo que ya se está convirtiendo en una costumbre: el más lujoso hotel con vista al mar de Sunny Isles Beach acaba de terminar como uno de los mejores hoteles del país.

Tribune News Service

USC pulls education school out of annual rankings due to 'history of inaccuracies' in data

LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California will pull its Rossier School of Education from U.S. News & World Report's next annual ranking of best graduate schools, officials said Wednesday, after discovering "a history of inaccuracies" in data reported by the school going back at least five years.

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