Data error bumps Temple’s Online MBA program from No. 1 to unranked
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Just a few weeks ago U.S. News & World Report crowned Temple Universitys Fox School of Business as the school with the best online MBA program in the country.
The same day the news came out, a hiccup was discovered: the university had misreported the number of new entrants for 201617 who provided their GMAT scores.
The data error, per a statement from Temple University President Richard Englert, was caught by Temples own team and reported to the publication shortly after the scores went live.
On Wednesday, it was announced that, as a result of the error, the North Philly universitys program would be moved to an unranked position for the rest of the year and removed from a second, separate ranking.
U.S. News has moved Temple to the Unranked category in the Best Online MBA Programs rankings and removed the school from the Best Online MBA Programs for Veterans rankings, said Robert Morse and Erik Brooks, part of the data team at U.S. News & World Report.
The Fox School of Business originally reported that all 255 new entrants, or 100 percent of the class, submitted GMAT scores, Morse and Brooks wrote. The school later informed U.S. News the count of new entrants submitting GMAT scores was actually 50 students, or 19.6 percent.
The next move from Temple? Ordering an independent review of the data reporting process.
The integrity of our data and reporting are paramount, said Englert in a statement. After consultation with Provost JoAnne Epps and Fox School of Business Dean Moshe Porat, I have decided to bring in an outside independent analyst to review our data reporting processes, including what occurred in this instance.…
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