YCBK 276: Many top ranked law schools drop out of US News rankings

In this episode you will hear:   Mark lets the listeners know about a new feature they can expect in the month of December and moving forward on Thursdays episodes. Mark discusses the largest labor union strike in Higher Ed history that is happening on the 10 University of California campuses right now Mark discusses why six of the top ranked law schools are dropping out of the US News Law school rankings. He discusses what impact will this have on US News. Mark shares another thing that is “grinding his gears” Mark does a Preview of the content of his interview with Arlene Cash   Part 2   Arlene continues advice on how to research colleges Arlene talks about the importance of Core Values Arlene talks about how HBCU’s have changed Arlene talks about admission practices and admission trends Arlene talks about whether a certain type of student does better at a small, mid-size or large school Arlene talks about the resources on a college campus that students don’t take advantage of enough           Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at for the 25 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. 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