Content written by John Byrne and published by Poets&Quants.

MBA News Digest Comment: While random audits is one approach rankings organizations can pursue, I proposed another option last week in my weekly blog article, Do You Know How to Avoid Rankings Data Integrity Issues?

Extracted Content: Given the rankings monster it has created, U.S. News needs to do more to insure that the data provided by the schools is accurate and truthful. Random audits of schools, much like those conducted by the Financial Times, would be a solid step in that direction. Those audits should be ongoing, before and after the magazine publishes its rankings. If U.S. News doesn’t get its act together, it is as irresponsible as Dean Porat and his Fox colleagues at perpetrating this fraud.

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