Duke University took the top national ranking for North Carolina universities, while UNC-Chapel Hill ranked 5th among public universities and 15th for best value.
The university’s football players nearly skipped their opening game in protest of their mismanaged athletic department. Recent history shows far more dysfunction within the university’s sports program.
As the annual college rankings come out Monday, questions mount about the data that underlie them, the methods used to sort colleges and universities and the intense competition from other publications.
Columbia University expressed contrition over faulty data it supplied to U.S. News & World Report. A math professor had blown the whistle on the issue.
George Washington University will use more than $50 million from the recent sale of its stake in GW Hospital to expand faculty in medicine, health and science.
Magazine announces that it won’t punish colleges where few students submit scores; Columbia admits to providing incorrect information for past rankings.