U.S. News & World Report
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| U.S.News & World Report | |
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| Executive Editor | Brian Duffy |
| Categories | Newsmagazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 2,028,000 weekly[1] |
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Publisher |
Kerry F. Dyer |
| First Issue | 1933, 1948 (merger) |
| Company | U.S.News & World Report, L.P. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.usnews.com |
| ISSN | 0041-5537 |
U.S.News & World Report is a weekly American newsmagazine. Its editorial staff is based in Washington, D.C., but it is owned by U.S.News & World Report, L.P., which is based in the Daily News building in New York City. Founded in 1933 as United States News, it merged with World Report in 1948. The magazine's founder, David Lawrence (1888–1973), sold it to his employees. In 1984, it was purchased by Mortimer Zuckerman, who is also the owner of the New York Daily News.
Its two primary competitors—both of which have greater circulation—are Time and Newsweek. It is generally considered to have a more right-of-center editorial point of view than the two others. It has also marketed itself as being a serious-minded journal more consistently focused on current events and public affairs than its competitors, at times directly criticizing their occasional cover stories on celebrity or entertainment news.
Officially, there is no space between the "U.S." and "News & World Report"; the publication's title, properly spaced, is "U.S.News & World Report". There is, however, a space in the short form "U.S. News".[2]
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[edit] U.S. News's college rankings
Since 1983, U.S. News has released an annual guide to college and university rankings. [3]
[edit] Criticism of college rankings
- See main article: College and University Rankings: Criticism (North America)
Various American colleges and universities such as Stanford University,[4] Sarah Lawrence College[5] and Reed College [6], as well as the National Opinion Research Center,[7] and the "Washington Monthly"[8] have criticized U.S. News's college rankings. Also, in the 21 March 2007 issue of TIME, the president of Drew University criticized the U.S. News rankings and is pushing for a new and more accurate ranking system. [9]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Average Circulation
- ^ About U.S. News
- ^ America's Best Colleges. U.S. News and World Report (2007).
- ^ Stanford criticism John against US News
- ^ Tolela Myers, Michele (11 March 2007). The Cost of Bucking College Rankings. The Washington Post.
- ^ Diver, Colin (November, 2005). Is There Life After Rankings?. The Atlantic Monthly.
- ^ http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2000/norc.html NORC review of US News
- ^ Broken ranks: US News
- ^ The College Rankings Revolt. TIME (21 March 2007).
[edit] External links
- U.S.News & World Report Official website
