U-W dismisses U-S News and World Report LARAMIE, WY (wpr) - A top official at the University of Wyoming has refused to fill out a survey issued by the most popular college ranking publication in the country. Myron Allen says the ranking system is flawed.
The latest edition of the U-S News and World Report came out last week. It places Wyoming in the third tier among schools ranked 134th to 188th. Allen says the system is unfair it places too much emphasis on selectivity, student retention and a survey filled out by presidents and provosts at other universities.
ALLEN: I know about a fair number of institutions, but I don't know as much as I should to submit my own opinion and pretend that is a reliable estimate.
So Allen says he will no longer participate in the magazine's peer survey and U-W will turn to a different classification system. It recently joined an effort by public colleges around the country that publishes information about student demographics. The new system focuses more on the effectiveness of instruction rather than how many valedictorians make up the freshman class.




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