As blog readers will know, we have been tracking the various law schools that have decided to be non-participants in the US News and World Report rankings. UCLA's law dean initially was reluctant to join the others.* But apparently, the bandwagon effect has now prevailed. Northwestern has also jumped on. From the LA Times:
UCLA Law School announced Tuesday it is joining the growing boycott of U.S. News & World Report‘s rankings, saying the methodology the publication uses penalizes institutions that encourage public law careers and seek to enroll students from diverse and marginalized communities. UCLA’s decision amplifies what is shaping into the biggest challenge yet to the college rankings industry, following similar decisions in the last week by other top law schools to shun the publication. At least half of U.S. News’ top 20 law schools have announced they will not participate in the rankings because of longstanding issues with the methodology. In addition to UCLA, they include Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, UC Berkeley, Georgetown, Michigan, Duke and Northwestern...
“The rankings disincentivize schools from supporting public service careers for their graduates, building a diverse student population, and awarding need-based financial aid,” UCLA Law School interim Dean Russell Korobkin said in a message to the law school community. “UCLA Law does all of these things, but honoring our core values comes at a cost in rankings points.” ...
Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-22/ucla-law-school-joins-boycott-of-u-s-news-world-report-rankings.
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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/11/sometimes-no-us-news-is-good-news-part-2.html.
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