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Educational_Content_Co
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 Posted - 06/28/2006 : 12:40:09
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The Baylor University School of Law would have placed about 7 slots lower in this year's US News & World Report rankings if the School had given complete and accurate statistics for its first-year class, critics say.
USNWR research staff told Inside Higher Education that Baylor has a history of providing inaccurate data for first-year students' LSAT scores and GPAs. Baylor is accused of inflating the median numbers in each category by providing statistics for fall admits only. Because Baylor 'allows' admits with weaker LSATs and academic records to begin classes in the spring or summer, the average data for fall admits is higher than that for the entire first-year class.
In two previous years, USNWR staff noticed the problems with Baylor's surveys before the magazine published its rankings. This year, however, the problem came to light only after the rankings had been made public.
Baylor officials deny any wrongdoing and say that the data they submit to USNWR is the same data they report to the ABA. USNWR director of data research Robert Morse told IHE that schools with schedules like Baylor's have been told how to submit data properly -- and that he will be scrutinizing Baylor's submissions more closely in the future.
For more information, see "False Ranking," Insider Higher Education (www.insidehighered.com/news), June 28, 2006.
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Baylor Accused of Distorting Rankings Data
