<p>Re: <a href=“http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/us-news-college-ranking-trends/1292/”>http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/local/us-news-college-ranking-trends/1292/</a></p>
<p>Most of the rankings are fairly stable (probably USNWR’s intention), but there are some big gainers and losers over the past five years:</p>
<p>“National universities”
+34 San Diego State
+27 Northeastern
+27 Cincinnati
+23 TCU
+23 UMass - Amherst
+17 SUNY - Buffalo
+17 SUNY - Albany
+16 NCSU
+14 Boston University
+13 BYU - Provo
-13 UC Santa Cruz
-13 Saint Louis University
-13 Oklahoma State
-16 Colorado School of Mines
-17 UoPacific
-18 Auburn
-19 UC Riverside
-27 Washington State
-41 Howard</p>
<p>“National liberal arts colleges”
+110 Saint John’s College (MD)
+98 Saint John’s College (NM)
+33 Bennington
+32 College of the Atlantic
+25 Roanoke
+25 Wesleyan
+19 Hillsdale
+18 Oglethorpe
+18 Salem
+15 Gustavus Adolphus
-15 Mount Holyoke
-15 Wofford
-15 Sweet Briar
-15 Lake Forest
-17 Augustana
-19 Coe
-19 Linfield
-19 Randolph
-20 Drew
-22 Spelman
-23 Reed
-24 Cornell College
-24 Juniata
-25 Southwestern
-25 Wittenberg
-31 Birmingham Southern</p>
<p>“Gaming” or “anti-gaming”?</p>