Columbia Won’t Participate in the Next U.S. News Rankings (NYTimes)

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	Columbia Won’t Participate in the Next U.S. News Rankings (NYTimes) (nytimes.com)
	8 points by WillisWayde 1451 days ago

2 comments

pyuser583 1451 days ago

Good. The rankings are really, really destructive.

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throwawayN12asd 1451 days ago

Strange response - the article describes how a Columbia professor posted a credible description of manipulation by Columbia. Columbia is withdrawing out of embarrassment, not some kind of heroic stance against US News.

That being said, I agree with you in general

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vietthan 1451 days ago

The professor's takedown and HN discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30603287

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