Undergraduate institutions do the same thing. US News rankings have been incredibly detrimental to the higher education system. Rankings are extremely important for the profitability of the institutions, and thus the institutions do everything they can to make them work in their favor. Some schools have tried to overcome this by refusing to give US News information, but it's a prisoner's dilemma situation. It won't work unless everyone does it, and no one wants to take the risk.
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