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[QUOTE="richmondcuse03, post: 5312815, member: 984"]
Lots of factors but schools that gamed the rankings, like Northeastern, used the numbers effectively. You manipulate acceptance and yield rates and you can move up. Combine that now with other factors that favor public schools that are cheaper and you have a bad combo for Syracuse. The rise in students applying to lots of schools hurts Syracuse too.

But the reality is the schools acceptance rate is very high (in part because they know they’re not always the first choice for students) and it costs a lot. So it’s going to be hard to move that needle without being more selective and given the growth the school has had, I’m not sure it’s an easy fix. I wish it was. Alums hate the slump in rankings. It’s sad and does have an impact on perception.

There’s also a big difference in selectivity of Newhouse and school of architecture and even the IT/engineering programs vs general arts and sciences.

The funny part about all of this is as our class sizes have grown, the school has found out that big sports experiences is crucial to the kids who are coming and willing to pay full freight. So maintaining big time college football and basketball is critical. The school has this data and knows it. And it’s why they say they’re fully supporting revenue sharing and are committed to spending in athletics. It matters to the academic bottom line more than it ever has. The chancellor knows it.
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