1. Blog post serving as notice that U.S. News will make methodology changes to prevent schools from gaming the system. The changes are in response to Paul Caron's observation of a growing trend to game the system by failing to reporting at-graduation employment data because the U.S. News' estimate would be better (see Paul L. Caron, Did 16 Law Schools Commit Rankings Malpractice?;Robert Morse;News Takes Steps to Stop Law Schools From Manipulating the Rankings, MORSE CODE: INSIDE THE C. RANKINGS (USNEWS.COM),2010
2. The $8.78 Million Maneuver;Alex Wellen;N.Y. TIMES,2005
3. at 1. Suggests gaming the system to increase a school's ranking is ethically questionable. Without disclosing specific schools, describes seven real life examples of gaming the system;Dale Whitman;These examples involve admissions, scholarship awards, placement, and faculty leave and scholarship,2002