Editor-in-Chief Kyle Murray, Managing Editor Elijah Knodell, and Deputy News Editor Emma Burris met with the acclaimed author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell to discuss his findings from an investigation into the Columbia U.S. News Scandal.

After a dramatic drop in ranking in 2022, Columbia has announced that it will stop submitting data for its undergraduate schools to the annual report.

Last week, Senior Staff Writer Lillian Rountree spoke with Professor Michael Thaddeus about the state of the University administration, faculty empowerment and disempowerment, and the place of tenure and academic freedom in these debates at Columbia.

Following staff shake-ups, organizational restructuring, and the decision to pay tour guides, there is a “new direction” for the Undergraduate Recruitment Committee. But will these changes be enough to address campus tour shortfalls?

The latest development in the fallout from Professor Michael Thaddeus’s report criticizing Columbia’s self-reported data to U.S. News sees the University lose its highest ranking in the list’s history.

Four months after Columbia Mathematics Professor Michael Thaddeus accused Columbia of using false information to secure its #2 ranking from U.S. News & World Report, the University has announced it will not submit undergraduate data for next year’s rankings.