The Trouble With College Rankings
The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 15, 2022
The influential college rankings from U.S. News & World Report were released earlier this week and Columbia University dropped from number 2 to 18. Francie Diep, senior reporter covering money in higher education for The Chronicle of Higher Education, reports on the incident, which involved one of Columbia's own professors questioning the data, and what it reveals about the college ranking system as a whole.
