<p>^ If we go by the “honesty policy” (■■■■■) and hope that the educators at universities abide by it (■■■■■, how hypocritical)…</p>
<p>The Clemson case is an outlier that can be weeded out by taking a sufficiently large sample size and getting a very good response rate (USNews has 42% to 63% response rate, considered by this Yale Dean to be “a very very good response rate for a mail in survey”)</p>
<p>One of the reasons why PA exist to measure intangibles and to help bolster the Public universities… The fact that there is no public in the top 20 just makes me cringe…Fundamentally, the rankings were geared so that HYP always ranks at the top. Once asked “How do you know the ranking methology is correct?” The USNews editor replied: "… Because Harvard, Yale, Princeton always ends up at the top 3 
" So fundamentally, it favors endowment rich and highly selective private schools. </p>
<p>PA should account for more so that publics like UCB, UMich, and UCLA can get a boast :)</p>