In November, Yale Law School pulled out of the U.S. News & World Report law-school rankings, saying the system was flawed. A wave of law, medical and undergraduate schools quickly followed. WSJ’s Melissa Korn reports on how the revolt was decades in the making.  

Further Reading:

-The Unraveling of the U.S. News College Rankings

-Yale and Harvard Law Schools Abandon U.S. News Rankings

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