Monday, April 20, 2009
USD soars in US News ranking
Tom Smith
Or so says the leak. So USD Law has gone from 82 or so to 61 or so. That's good, but 82 was a grotesque slander in the first place and 61 also rates us below many law schools that have nowhere near as good a faculty as we do, at least measured by such things as publications and peer recognition.
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Comments
I stumbled upon your blog (and the other one that won't name you) and I am very impressed. As a 1977 USD-Law graduate, I'm also pleased. It's terrific that both USD's right and left have strong voices in the blogosphere - many higher education institutions lean way left and the right voice isn't heard as much as it should be. I landed here because of the piece on rankings. So I will add two comments: it's nice to see USD moving up and your blog is well written and put together. I sent a comment to the other blog asking why they don't reveal their names. Why is that? Keep up the great work!
Posted by: John Hochfelder | Apr 20, 2009 2:24:52 PM
I agree that USD has been underrated by USNews. But part of this has been the fault of USD, not USNews. Given their importance to prospective students and to employers, these rankings need to be taken seriously. It's nice that USD's ranking appears to have bounced back to where it was before, but it never should have been allowed to decline in the first place. USD must compete in the real marketplace, just like every other law school.
Posted by: Button | Apr 20, 2009 2:34:07 PM
Tom - The rankings have no meaning to me so long as our alma mater remains number 1. I prefer to preserve my outrage until such time as truly grave mistakes and misdeeds have occurred.
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