College Rankings: F

In August U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of the "best colleges" in America hit newsstands, prompting the usual flurry of news articles about whether the rankings were a true reflection of "the best." Needless to say, faculty members and administrators at hundreds of universities clamored to see their place in the controversial but nonetheless authoritative ranking. I was no exception, as an associate professor at George Mason University (third tier) who received my B.A. from

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