你们有人对columbia的印象好可能与前些年它的排名很高有很大关系吧？
原来如此
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/edu ... 358383002/
The questioning Columbia's ranking came after the school was named the No. 2 university in the annual rankings in 2021, tied with Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The rise of the New York City-based university's ranking caught the eye of Columbia math professor Michael Thaddeus, as he noted in a blog post in February the university had continued to climb the rankings ever since they were No. 18 in the initial release in 1988.
After examining data the university sent to the publication to determine how the meteoric rise occurred, Thaddeus concluded Columbia had major discrepancies in student and faculty information that worked in the school's favor. He also found the school did not disclose full financial data, as well as graduation and transfer rates.
"As we will see, several of the key figures supporting Columbia’s high ranking are inaccurate, dubious, or highly misleading," Thaddeus wrote.
Red flags were also raised by U.S. News & World Report; the publication removed Columbia from the rankings list in July after it "failed to respond to multiple U.S. News requests that the university substantiate certain data it previously submitted to U.S. News."
After much controversary surrounding university's ranking, Columbia Provost Mary Boyce admitted in a statement Friday the university had not given "complete accuracy" in its data. Two things Columbia admitted were reportedly incorrectly were its undergraduate class size data and that 100% of its faculty had a Ph.D or terminal degree.
"Anything less than complete accuracy in the data that we report – regardless of the size or the reason – is inconsistent with the standards of excellence to which Columbia holds itself. We deeply regret the deficiencies in our prior reporting and are committed to doing better," Boyce said.
U.S. News & World Report had initially said Columbia was not going to be included in the updated rankings, but ultimately ranked No. 18 this year, tied with the University of Notre Dame.