ICYMI: Columbia Admits Submitting Incorrect Data That Goosed Its U.S. News Ranking To #2. “‘It’s hard to believe that this was an inadvertent error or a minor matter of methodology,’ Thaddeus said. ‘More likely, someone in the University knew that there was serious misrepresentation afoot. If so, who was it?'”

A friend writes: “What did President Lee Bollinger know, and when did he know it? (Bollinger is the 8th highest paid private college president ($2,714,417) Columbia cheated to be ranked #2 by US News while it ranks dead last in free speech.”

As a scholar, Bollinger was very supportive of free speech. Oh, well.