The threatened boycott of the US News ranking system is still building up.

Inside Higher Ed has the story today.

The magazine’s reputation survey, which counts for 25 percent of the total score, is derided as being completely invalid, and that’s certainly right.

Most college presidents don’t even know if their own school’s courses are academically good or not. Asking them to evaluate other schools is not going to yield any reliable information.

The dissatisfaction with the US News rankings probably won’t flare up into widespread rebellion for a while. My guess is that the situation is like that in the colonies in 1765 — a few people ready for rebellion, but not yet enough to get to the critical mass needed.