For years, a dean knowingly provided false data to boost Temple’s place in the U.S. News rankings.

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It’s college rankings season again, a time of congratulations, criticism and, occasionally, corrections for institutions and the organizations that rate them.

Typically U.S. News & World Report , the giant of the college rankings world, unranks some institutions months after its results are published over data discrepancies that are usually the result of honest mistakes. But in rare instances, erroneous data issues aren’t mistakes but outright fraud. And when that happens, it can result in soul-searching and, ideally, redemption for those involved.

That’s what happened at Temple University, which was roc

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