July 01, 2025
Columbia University students have asked a New York federal judge to greenlight a $9 million settlement resolving class claims that the institution gave inaccurate data to U.S. News & World Report, artificially inflating its "Best National Universities" ranking and enabling the school to charge higher tuition.
March 26, 2024
A New York federal judge on Tuesday largely threw out Columbia University students' proposed class action claiming the institution intentionally gave inaccurate data to U.S. News & World Report, but he also gave some of the former student plaintiffs the chance to tweak their complaint.
January 20, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge who attended Columbia Law School said Friday that he will not recuse himself from a suit against the university by a proposed class of students over its removal from the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
July 12, 2022
Columbia University on Tuesday was hit with a proposed class action stemming from U.S. News & World Report's recent decision to "unrank" the previously second-ranked university after questions arose concerning the accuracy of the data Columbia submitted for the annual ranking of undergraduate universities.