U.S. News & World Report last week announced that it was removing the ranking of Temple University's online M.B.A. program from its 2018 Best Online Programs list. In the days since, more questions have been raised about the inaccurate information Temple apparently provided U.S. News and the potential for such incorrect information to influence several years of rankings.
The magazine's announcement was straightforward. Part of the formula used by U.S. News is based on standardized test scores, and score averages carry less weight when under 75 percent of new students submit scores. In the case of Temple's online M.B.A. program, the business school originally reported that all of its students submitted test scores. In fact, only 20 percent had done so.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/01/29/questions-continue-arise-about-data-temple-provided-rankings-which-it