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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all sound like a bunch of Trump conspiracy theory lunatics.  Schools are required to report data like retention rates to the federal government for various programs under penalty of law.  US News and other rating organizations audit what’s reported to them through these reports.  You can’t just make the stuff up.  Why do you think schools report making mistakes?  They know they’re going to get caught.

Sometimes I wonder about the level of education and sophistication on DCUM. [/quote]

And yet, colleges submitting bad data to USNWR: Real News this week that 8 more colleges admitted to submitting incorrect data

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2018/08/27/eight-more-colleges-identified-submitting-incorrect-data-us-news

And that’s flat out wrong data.  Not choosing to count students this day and not that day or encouraging apps from unqualified students to inflate data.

And, not all of the USNWR data is also collected by the federal government.

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Look at the schools involved...pretty obscure if you ask me.  No biggie.[/quote]

So is it “no biggie,” or “it’s being reported under penalty of law”?  I’m confused.

Look, occasionally data is falsified (see the above link). But if you had gone to a college that made you take a stats class, you would know that data can also be manipulated to give you the results most favorable to your point of view. It’s not a lie. It’s alternative counting. Literally, deciding to define what constitutes withdrawing from your college differently, so that kids who are unlikely to come back are still technically enrolled at the time you count. No one lied. They are enrolled.  Or having a 6% acceptance rate, but the same class profile in terms of qualifications because you actively seek applications from B students kids with an 1100 SAT.  Your class isn’t better. Your application pool is worse. [/quote]

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