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Some News About the New, Upcoming Best Law Firms Rankings
Tweet Share on Facebook June 24, 2010 Comment (5)Here is an update on the highly anticipated U.S. News-Best Lawyers Best Law Firms rankings, which are scheduled to be released in the October 2010 issue of U.S. News and on our website in mid-September.
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Ranking Categories May Change in the Upcoming College Rankings
Tweet Share on Facebook June 17, 2010 Comment (15)In order to sort colleges and universities into appropriate categories for comparisons the America's Best Colleges ranking uses the basic version of its classifications. Carnegie classifies American colleges and universities according to the school's mission and whether it confers bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees.
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Your Thoughts—and Our Responses—on College Rankings Changes
Tweet Share on Facebook June 10, 2010 Comment (13)In my June 4 blog post, What May Change in Upcoming College Rankings, I discussed some of methodology and presentation changes that U.S. News is considering for the upcoming 2011 edition of the America's Best Colleges rankings.
Here are brief responses to some of the comments I received:
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What May Change in Upcoming College Rankings
Tweet Share on Facebook June 4, 2010 Comment (27)I just returned from the 50th annual meeting of the Association for Institutional Research in Chicago. The annual meeting of college researchers and analysts was the largest in the association's history.
I gave a session there called "U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges: What Will Be New in 2010 and What Methodology Changes Were Made Last Year and Why." I discussed many issues that relate to the upcoming 2011 edition of the America's Best Colleges rankings.
Here are some of the changes that I mentioned regarding the upcoming edition of the rankings, which will be published in August:
