Some colleges will do anything to improve their rankings by U.S. News & World Report and other publications. The popular lists of Best Colleges as well as the top professional programs in law and business are released each year by financial magazines and news outlets, and there have been university officials known to game the system. Some have misrepresented data or massaged and fudged numbers. And some have lied about their programs to better market themselves to prospective students. Earlier this year, a former dean of Temple University’s business school was sentenced to prison after he was …
