Well, the U.S. News ratings are out and UConn Law has dropped into a solid Tier II slot at No. 62. This has led to the predictable round of anger, recriminations and general angst in many quarters. Present students feel betrayed, as they watch the ranking sink at a time when the market for recent law grads is extremely bad. Recent grads are angry, feeling that the value of their degrees has continued to slide with the rest of the economy.
Dean Jeremy Paul has announced that he and the provost have agreed that Paul will step down at the end of the 2012-13 academic year. It can be lonely at the top when bad things happen. A committee will search for a new dean. Someone new will come in with all sorts of promises and dreams. But my guess is that things will not change much. Though much reviled by faculty and administrations, the U.S. News ranking is a way that consumers can measure colleges and graduate schools against each other on certain axes. Many disagree with the rating factors, others with the weight accorded different metrics. But they are what they are, and on some of the scales UConn has slipped.
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