U.S. News college rankings offer false sense of superiority, foster elitism

Last week, U.S. News and World Report released the 2020 edition of its ranking of U.S. colleges and universities. Tradition repeated itself as every university that moved up in the rankings touted their school’s improvement, usually attributing it to the school’s new initiative du jour, whereas schools which moved down in the rankings noticeably stay … Continue reading U.S. News college rankings offer false sense of superiority, foster elitism