KTIV NewsChannel 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and SportsData goof blamed for Neb. law school ratings drop
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Associated Press - April 24, 2009 10:45 AM ET
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials say the steep drop in U.S. News & World Report's ranking of its law school is based on bad data.
Law School Dean Steve Wilborn says UNL submitted the wrong figure for the percentage of its students who find jobs within nine months of graduation. That dropped the school from its top-tier ranking of No. 73 to a spot in the magazine's third tier.
Wilborn says about 96% of the law school's graduates find jobs shortly after graduation. The magazine's Web site says only 77% of Nebraska grads are employed at graduation.
Wilborn says the ranking is wrong, but no one at the magazine or UNL caught the error before the magazine published its rankings.
Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, http://www.journalstar.com
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