…from Pitt Dean William Carter, who had the unhappy task of dealing with a big drop in Pitt's overall rank in U.S. News. As with all such movements, it has nothing to do with the real world, and everything to do with artifacts of the ranking method. I commend Dean Carter's approach to the matter as a sensible one. (As you will see if you watch Dean Carter's analysis, there have been some minor and largely cosmetic changes in the U.S. News methodology since I wrote the "Guide for the Perplexed" ten years ago.)
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