July 18, 2003
In Response to Critics, 'U.S. News' Changes Its Formula for Ranking Colleges
Editors at U.S. News & World Report have changed the formula they use for determining which colleges they deem the "best" in America. Beginning this year, U.S. News will no longer consider a college's "yield" rate -- the percentage of students admitted who actually attend -- in compiling the magazine's annual rankings.
High-school guidance counselors have long complained that colleges try to increase their yield numbers artificially -- by doing things like accepting
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