Elite Law Schools Boycotted the U.S. News Rankings. Now, They May Be Paying a Price. After a preview of the new rankings system, Yale and other universities raised a storm of objections. The formal list is now indefinitely delayed.
Columbia University Drops From No. 2 to No. 18 in U.S. News Rankings The change comes about eight months after a Columbia math professor accused the university of fudging some statistics used in the rankings.
Columbia Loses Its No. 2 Spot in the U.S. News Rankings U.S. News & World Report announced that it had “unranked” the Ivy League university after being unable to verify its data.