SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH
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🗓️  Last Wednesday of September

🗞️ In Today’s Playbook. MIT, Williams Top US News DIII College Rankings. International Enrollment Down at Regional Publics, Small Private Colleges. Polls and Rankings. MLB To Use Robot Umpires.

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TOP STORY

1. MIT, Williams Top US News DIII College Rankings

“The annual U.S. News Best Colleges rankings were released today, with top-ranked schools staying mostly steady from last edition as the methodology was largely unchanged.

The vast majority of schools U.S. News surveyed continued to report data: 79% of the more than 1,700 ranked institutions returned their statistical information in the spring and summer of 2025, compared to about 78.1% last year. This includes 99 of the top 100 ranked National Universities and 97 of the top 100 National Liberal Arts Colleges.”

» Yes, But. We know in the grand scheme of things that these rankings are meaningless … unless your institution is highly ranked … or among your peer group of institutions.

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