tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post402227118749189283..comments2023-10-21T11:37:50.732-04:00Comments on The Blackbook Legal Blog: Random Musing #2: USNWR Rankings and The Case of The Ineffective Administration and Broken Wings...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-25075874370913946242009-04-26T13:27:00.000-04:002009-04-26T13:27:00.000-04:00@ 11:48--
I respectfully disagree.@ 11:48--<br /><br />I respectfully disagree.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418939857753947421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-29351289400203277582009-04-26T11:48:00.000-04:002009-04-26T11:48:00.000-04:00Rankings certainly do matter. Anything outside of...Rankings certainly do matter. Anything outside of the T-14 is not worth attending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-25326010680170543252009-04-20T17:14:00.000-04:002009-04-20T17:14:00.000-04:00To clarify, it's clear the commenter I posted the ...To clarify, it's clear the commenter I posted the thoughts of is being tongue-in-cheek, but this is still the type of things (albeit, not to this extreme) schools do (and will continue to do) to game the rankings. Which begs the question, I guess, as to why we care what the rankings say anyway--if we do...CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418939857753947421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-38634858770348624652009-04-20T17:11:00.000-04:002009-04-20T17:11:00.000-04:00A Sua Sponte commenter proposes..."gamesmanship":
...A Sua Sponte commenter proposes...<A HREF="http://suasponteblog.com/2009/04/20/gw-to-28/#comment-3747" REL="nofollow">"gamesmanship"</A>:<br /><br />"First, create two law school — GW Law & National Law Center at the GWU (this can sep. admissions requirements and thus we can have one top 20 law school and one that falls elsewhere) with mutuality of resources — though we would claim adjuncts work for the lower scores school and full time faculty work for the limited # of those enrolled in the day program. The lesser school would simply “lease building space” from the hire ranked school. Of course, five years after graduation, graduates of the lower ranked school could request the records office to move the records into the higher ranked school thereby giving the school access to more potential endowment money.<br /><br />Next, create the “Office of US News Ranking Boost Research” which will regularly hire people without jobs 8.5 months after graduation. Additionally, CDO hires a “Shingle Streamlining” aiding students in “putting out a shingle” aka becoming solo practitioners which in turn would increase the # employed at graduation.<br /><br />Finally, stop telling US News the number of volumes in our library and start reporting it as “infinite” in recognition of the ever growing Westlaw and Lexis databases.<br /><br />Maybe I’ll have more ideas soon. Maybe not. All I know is the value of my degree just dropped 40%."CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418939857753947421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-3170577768111977892009-04-20T16:56:00.000-04:002009-04-20T16:56:00.000-04:00@ 3:16--
Thanks for sharing the link; very intere...@ 3:16--<br /><br />Thanks for sharing the link; very interesting stuff. Do you really think that would work? I'd be curious to hear more on the idea.CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418939857753947421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-73796842957907788682009-04-20T15:23:00.000-04:002009-04-20T15:23:00.000-04:00Free applications to lower admission %Free applications to lower admission %Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-61723728134658284762009-04-20T15:16:00.000-04:002009-04-20T15:16:00.000-04:00Advice: make TUITION FREE or LOWER TUITION
Ann Le...Advice: make TUITION FREE or LOWER TUITION<br /><br />Ann Levine has the right idea: http://www.lawschoolexpert.com/blog/2009/04/15/money-and-law-school-lower-tuition/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-23666791364510291742009-04-20T14:58:00.000-04:002009-04-20T14:58:00.000-04:00What doeds this have to do with GW?What doeds this have to do with GW?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-19716653788751444512009-04-20T14:53:00.000-04:002009-04-20T14:53:00.000-04:00BS...GW was never safe....T14 is the only portion ...BS...GW was never safe....T14 is the only portion of the rankings anyone cares about anywayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-48539989275758124712009-04-20T14:48:00.000-04:002009-04-20T14:48:00.000-04:00Come on, Craig! Don't pretend like employers don'...Come on, Craig! Don't pretend like employers don't care about these rankings. They do! And, in this economy, non T-14'ers will be scrubbing the floors at McDonalds pretty soon. Even Penn isn't safe!! They're dropping too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7911788560018241640.post-5062925999905796172009-04-20T14:15:00.000-04:002009-04-20T14:15:00.000-04:00Fred,
I'm sorry to hear that you are troubled by ...Fred,<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear that you are troubled by this. However, I really mean what I said in the original thread concerning these rankings. Namely, that they don't matter. Employers consider Loyola a top notch school and will continue to recruit there. These changes in the rankings are solely to sell magazines. How are other students at Loyola reacting?CRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418939857753947421noreply@blogger.com