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    Commentary: Are the US News college rankings a joke?

    by Michael Itzkowitz, Los Angeles Times Sep 20, 2022 3 minutes
    Cal State Dominguez Hills is in the top five out of 1,320 four-year institutions when measured by standards that include providing students with an affordable education.

    I didn’t go to an Ivy League college. In fact, I never even thought of applying, and you probably didn’t either.

    This month, U.S. News & World Report decided to demote Columbia University from No. 2 for best university in America to No. 18 after the school was accused of providing false information to boost its ranking. What does it say about the value of such rankings when a supposed measure of quality can slip overnight?

    In August, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona bluntly called

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