Even before the midnight embargo lifted last night, colleges started sending out announcements about how they fared in this year’s annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The boasting — at least sometimes by colleges that criticize the rankings — is an tradition each August.
We’ll let you go to the magazine itself to find out who is No. 1, but can assure you that there are no shockers. What may be more newsworthy is the annual fight over participation in the survey portion — seen by many as the least valid part of the rankings.