U.S. News and World Report would probably be defunct by now had it not invented a gold mine in its annual college rankings. But trouble: Colleges are increasingly refusing to participate in the survey — more than half this year. U.S. News has it jiggered where just about every college can claim recognition of some sort. I’m thinking it’s time to give the whole mess a good leaving alone. So there.

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