george washington shows would-be part-timers the door.

[cynthia]

In an admitted effort to boost its US News ranking, George Washington has turned on its part-time program.

It's at least true that the move is meant to directly and quickly impact George Washington's ranking, according to the independent student newspaper The GW Hatchet.

Senior Associate Dean Greg Maggs told about a dozen law school alumni at "The State of Law School" address that the school's fall from 20th to 28th was caused mainly by an unannounced change in the way U.S. News and World Report tracks part-time law student GPAs.

"U.S. News, for the first time, without giving us any notice, said they wanted to count full-time and part-time students mixed together," Maggs said. "Both our GPA and our LSAT [scores] fell substantially from previous years."

Maggs said taking fewer evening students was a short-term solution to getting back up the U.S. News Ranking.

"We've been able to address that in a very simple way," Maggs said. "We've taken less evening students."

US News introduced the changes as a response to criticisms that schools were "gaming" the rankings by admitting less qualified students into part-time programs, saving the achievers for the full-time programs, where they could help boost rankings.

Dean Maggs, for his part, appears to be confirming US News' suspicions.

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[Mark]

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[Beachgirl]

They didn't really take less part-time students. They just opened an additional full-time section and offered spots in that section to those admitted to the part-time program. Those that wanted PT to begin with stayed, and those that didn't, switched. I was originally supposed to start PT at GW this fall, but deferred due to an illness in the family. I was e-mailed by GW offering me the chance to switch, as was everyone else in the PT program. So, them "taking" less PT students isn't really true.

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and part-time students mixed together," Maggs said. "Both our GPA and our LSAT [scores] fell substantially from http://www.mbtfootwearusa.com/

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