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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Outside of dentists&amp;#8217; waiting rooms, does anyone read&amp;nbsp;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;US New &amp;amp; World Report&lt;/i&gt; ? But for its annual school rankings issues, wouldn&#39;t the magazine be a completely moribund also-ran? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Anyway, according to yesterday&amp;#8217;s &lt;em&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;st1&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags&quot;?&gt;&lt;st1:state w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;New York&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt; Lawyer&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(free reg. req&#39;d), &lt;em&gt;U.S. News&lt;/em&gt; &amp;#8220;may&amp;#8221; change how it calculates its law school rankings and that &amp;#8220;some law deans are not happy about it.&amp;#8221;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The possible change would be to how the category &amp;#8220;undergraduate grade-point average and LSAT scores of the incoming class&amp;#8221; is calculated.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Currently, &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;U.S. News&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;counts only the grades and test scores of full-time students. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;The magazine is considering &amp;#8220;pooling the scores of part-time students after hearing allegations that some schools move students with lower grades and test scores into part-time programs so they can report better data.&amp;#8221;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;The article contains this remarkable quote:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;o&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot;?&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220; &amp;#8216;If U.S. News starts combining the scores of full-time and part-time students, the pressure to end evening schools will become overwhelming,&quot; said William Treanor, dean of Fordham School of Law in New York, which has had a part-time program for nearly a century.&amp;#8217; &amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Aside from the fact that this seems a tacit admission of the &amp;#8216;gaming&amp;#8217; charge&amp;#8212;doesn&amp;#8217;t the statement&amp;#8217;s premise not&amp;nbsp;seem&amp;#8212;what&#39;s&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;word&amp;#8212;insane?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Such is the influence of the &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;US&amp;nbsp;News&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;rankings that a tweak&amp;nbsp;in their&amp;nbsp;methodology&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;would&amp;nbsp;prompt&amp;nbsp;(presumably non-hysterical?) speculation&amp;nbsp;that&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;venerable&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;thriving degree&amp;nbsp;program&amp;nbsp;might&amp;nbsp;be&amp;nbsp;junked?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Sorry, but if Dean Treanor is serious, then the inmates are running the asylum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Anyway, anyone in the know realizes that there is only one law school rankings scheme that&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;/blogs/blogs.jsp?blog_id=1260&amp;amp;entry_id=4300&amp;amp;b_page=2&quot; target=&quot;&quot;&gt;&amp;#8220;&lt;a href=&quot;http://randazza.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/rankings-are-garbage-but/#comments&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: windowtext&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;actually measures criteria that matter&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;/blogs/blogs.jsp?blog_id=1260&amp;amp;entry_id=4300&amp;amp;b_page=2&quot; target=&quot;&quot;&gt;.&amp;#8221; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;-posted by brian&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;(proud alum of fordham&amp;#8217;s evening program)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;v&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml&quot;?&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id=&quot;_x0000_t75&quot; stroked=&quot;f&quot; filled=&quot;f&quot; path=&quot;m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe&quot; o:preferrelative=&quot;t&quot; o:spt=&quot;75&quot; coordsize=&quot;21600,21600&quot;&gt;&lt;v:stroke joinstyle=&quot;miter&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:stroke&gt;&lt;v:formulas&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @0 1 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum 0 0 @1&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @2 1 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @3 21600 pixelWidth&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @3 21600 pixelHeight&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @0 0 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @6 1 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @7 21600 pixelWidth&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @8 21600 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;prod @7 21600 pixelHeight&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;v:f eqn=&quot;sum @10 21600 0&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:formulas&gt;&lt;v:path o:connecttype=&quot;rect&quot; gradientshapeok=&quot;t&quot; o:extrusionok=&quot;f&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:path&gt;&lt;o:lock aspectratio=&quot;t&quot; v:ext=&quot;edit&quot;&gt;&lt;/o:lock&gt;&lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-fareast-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA&quot;&gt;&lt;v:shapetype id=&quot;_x0000_t75&quot; stroked=&quot;f&quot; filled=&quot;f&quot; path=&quot;m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe&quot; o:preferrelative=&quot;t&quot; o:spt=&quot;75&quot; coordsize=&quot;21600,21600&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img height=&quot;86&quot; src=&quot;http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:66i_ZkVzLaY9GM:http://www.fantasycostumes.com/Merchant2/images/Strait-Jacket-Set-AA11-CS.jpg&quot; width=&quot;86&quot;&gt;&lt;/v:shapetype&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;st1:country-region w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;US&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; News&lt;/em&gt; tells this person what to think about law schools&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;

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