Vol. XX, Number 1 - Friday, September 8, 1995
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Special Section: The Herald Guide to the Internet
NewsWhere are they now?Years later, Yale alums speak on their experiences posing for Playboy's "Women of the Ivy League" issue
This week at Yale
OpinionEditorial response from Playboy modelAmy Nabors talks back
Undergrads and GESO
Arts & EntertainmentThe ideal froshWhat happens when "Louis," an eager frosh, signs up for singing groups, frats, publications, and every other organization at the freshman bazaar - A&E
Holiday's debut LP
The Yale Index
SportsSoccer hoping to rebound in '95The men's soccer team is coming off arguably its worst campaign ever. Griggs will attempt to bring the Blue back to the top of the Ivies.
Mickey Mantle - a hero |
David A. Moore/YHYale rises; other colleges hurt by truthBy Rebecca Cook
We're number two! While hardly a rallying cry, Yale students can say this with pride when the 1995 U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges Rankings hits the newsstands on Monday. Harvard is still No. 1 and Yale broke its three-year stint at No. 3 by tying Princeton for second place. In two newly created categories, Yale placed 10th in Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching and 57th in a ranking of engineering programs. Top university officials nationwide judged the two categories in a reputational survey distributed by U.S. News.
While most of the top colleges profess only a slight interest in the rankings, U.S. News discovered this year that some colleges have manipulated data, fudged numbers, and even outright lied about statistics to make their schools look better in the rankings. The Wall Street Journal first exposed the misreporting problem in April 1995, and U.S. News has since confronted colleges about shady data. One unexpected result of the scrutiny: Columbia College changed its numbers and slipped from ninth place to 15th.
As the data was collected in the Washington, D.C. office of U.S. News this summer, it looked as though Yale might return to the No. 1 spot, according to sources at U.S. News. But when Harvard turned in their last piece of data - average class size - their slightly smaller academic classes gave them an edge over Yale and Princeton. Yale's step up from No. 3 to No. 2 is probably attributable to its high graduation rate, U.S. News Senior Editor Robert Morse said. This year the magazine increased the weight it gives to retention - graduation rate and the percentage of freshmen who return for sophomore year - a category in which Yale scored highest. (See US News) |