The article referenced in post 2 states, “The first point to make is that the focus of this Report [sic] is on graduate study only.” (NYU’s position, referenced by the OP, also seems to be based on graduate department rankings.) The undergraduate programs mentioned consequently seem to be a sampling used to illustrate the general breadth of education in American philosophy. I would not consider them to be recommendations in an organized, well-researched sense. The article does state, however, usefully, in my opinion, that it, “might make . . . sense” to study “where student-faculty ratios are . . . favorable, and where there is a [strong] focus on undergraduate education.”