School rankings -> data manipulation
Some call it accountability.
But public ranking of schools based on specific data points will always result in some lying, cheating and manipulation, especially if there’s a monetary incentive.
The latest scandal is that of the now former dean of admissions the University of Illinois law school, Paul Pless, who attempted to scam the U. S. News and World Report annual law school rankings by including a group of early-admissions students without using their LSAT (law school entrance exam) scores in the report.
As the Chicago Tribune reports,
By admitting high-achieving students in their junior years, without a law school entrance exam, the students’ high GPAs would be included in the class profile but no test scores could potentially
