Commentary: Why Not Community College?
William D. Green–Chairman and CEO of Accenture–has written an interesting column discussing the role of community college in the American educational system: Read more»
Commentary: Ivy retardation
William Deresiewicz has written a fascinating critique of elite college educations in the St. Petersburg Times: Read more»
Rutgers Law Library Cites Consus Group’s Law School Rankings
The law library at the Rutgers School of Law has included The Consus Group’s law school rankings in its online resources. TCG’s composite law school rankings are listed with other prominent rankings.
Source: Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
National Law Journal Reports U.S. News Contemplating Changing Its Law School Rankings
The National Law Journal recently reported U.S. News is considering changing how it calculates its law school rankings: Read more»
AveryIndex Adds Consus Law School Rankings
AveryIndex–a well-known legal resource–has incorporated The Consus Group’s rankings in its highly-selective list of law school rankings.
Source: AveryIndex.com
U.S. News Considers Changing Its Law School Ranking Formula, Part 2
Robert Morse–U.S. News’ rankings guru–continues his disquisition on U.S. News’ contemplated changes to its law school rankings methodology: Read more»
FindLaw Lists Consus Law School Rankings
FindLaw, a prominent legal reference website, includes The Consus Group’s law school rankings in its resources for prospective law students.
Source: FindLaw for Law Students
U.S. News Considers Changing Its Law School Ranking Formula
Robert Morse–U.S. News’ rankings guru–reports the magazine is currently contemplating changing its methodology for law school rankings: Read more»
HG.org References Consus Law School Rankings
Prominent legal website, HG.org, has added The Consus Group’s rankings to its compilation of leading law school rankings:
The Consus Group (TCG) ranks the top 100 law school programs in the U.S. The scores are based on several factors: other published rankings, selectivity, salary, placement and yield. TCG also offer two other law school program rankings based solely on Published Rankings and Selectivity Rankings.
Source: HG.org
News: Pressure to Perform Keeps B-School Dean Turnover High
The Wall Street Journal has published an interesting article analyzing the reasons for high turnover rates among business school deans: Read more»
Education Index Incorporates Consus Legal Rankings
The Education Index has included The Consus Group’s legal rankings in its “Guide to the Top Ranked Law Schools”:
This site offers an explanation of its rankings on a page entitled Rankings Methodology. The Consus Group (TCG) ranks the top 100 law school programs in the U.S. The scores are based on several factors: other published rankings, selectivity, salary, placement and yield. TCG also offer two other law school program rankings based solely on Published Rankings and Selectivity Rankings.
Source: Education Index
IPCN Catalogs Consus Rankings
The Indiana Pathways to College Network (IPCN) has included The Consus Group’s rankings of colleges, business schools, and law schools in its catalog:
The Consus Group. 2005. Composite rankings: Business.
A ranking of the top 50 business programs in the United States.
The Consus Group. 2005. The Consus Group composite rankings.
Website with a listing of top 100 colleges based on a composite of several factors including other published rankings, selectivity, and yield.
The Consus Group. 2005. Composite rankings: Law.
A ranking of the top 100 law school programs in the United States.
Source: Indiana Pathways to College Network
Northwestern Law Cites Consus Rankings
Northwestern University School of Law has cited The Consus Group in its compilation of prominent law schools rankings:
At Northwestern Law, we support rankings as a source of consumer information and believe they provide one way to measure our reputation and our progress toward the objectives in our Strategic Plan. Though rankings fluctuate over the years, our overall trend has been positive and we are optimistic it will remain so, especially as more of our graduates enter the workforce following the new initiatives from our Working Group process.
Northwestern notes The Consus Group ranked the law school 11th in its Composite Law School Rankings (2005). Northwestern Law also ranked 12th in The Consus Group’s Composite Published Law School Rankings and 8th in its Most Selective Law School Rankings.
Source: Northwestern University School of Law
Consus Law School Rankings Cited by University of Illinois
The Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign–a website providing links to numerous ranking websites and resources–has featured The Consus Group’s rankings in its survey of law school rankings:
Methodology: This site offers an explanation of its rankings on a page entitled Rankings Methodology.
The Consus Group (TCG) ranks the top 100 law school programs in the U.S. The scores are based on several factors: other published rankings, selectivity, salary, placement and yield. TCG also offer two other law school program rankings based solely on Published Rankings and Selectivity Rankings.
Source: Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Commentary: US News Law School Rankings: Why March Madness Started Early This Year in the Legal Academy
The Law Librarian Blog has posted an interesting update regarding U.S. News’ law school rankings: Read more»
Air Force Crossroads Includes Consus Rankings
The Air Force Crossroads’ website has included The Consus Group’s college rankings in its catalog of prominent college ratings.
UCB Library Cites Consus Group’s College Rankings
The University of Colorado at Boulder’s library system has included The Consus Group’s college rankings in its list of prominent college rankings:
Consus is an information provider for the business, investor, and legal communities and was founded by lawyers and management consultants. The site ranks general college and universities, business schools, and law schools.
The Best University Blog Highlights Consus College Rankings
The Consus Group’s composite college rankings were recently examined on The Best University’s blog:
The Consus Group Composite Ranking is actually quite an interesting ranking, because it takes into account a number of other university rankings, such as US news and the Gourman Report. The ranking the Consus Group created only looks at universities and colleges from the United Sates [sic].
Besides the other rankings that are used, a strong weight is given to selectivity of the university, with which is meant the percentage of candidates that is admitted, combined with SAT scores and ranking in their high-school class.
Furthermore, it is interesting that they look at a very wide group of universities and colleges. For example, also a number of military academies are included, which are often not featured in standard or international rankings.
Stillwater Public Schools Rely On Consus Legal Rankings
The public school system in Stillwater, Oklahoma uses The Consus Group’s law school rankings to guide its students’ career decisions:
The Consus Group Composite Rankings- The Consus Group (TCG) ranks the top 100 law school programs in the U.S. The scores are based on several factors: other published rankings, selectivity, salary, placement and yield. TCG also offer two other law school program rankings based solely on Published Rankings and Selectivity Rankings.
Source: Stillwater Public Schools
Consus College Rankings Cited by University of Illinois Library
The Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has featured The Consus Group’s rankings in its survey of college and university rankings:
Methodology: This site offers an explanation of its methods on a page titled Rankings Methodology.
The Consus Group (TCG) ranks the over top 100 colleges and universities in the U.S. The scores are based on several factors: other published rankings, selectivity and yield. TCG also offer two other rankings based solely on Published Rankings and Selectivity Rankings.
Source: Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign






