Monthly Archives: February 2012

Kiplinger Drops CMC from “Best Value” Rankings

Posted on February 12, 2012 by jeremybmerrill

Just a quick piece on Kiplinger dropping Claremont McKenna from their rankings after CMC revealed it had been reporting false data. With Alyssa Roberts. The Claremont Port Side broke the news. (And we got picked up by The Choice at … Continue reading →

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SAT Scandal Involved Systematic Score Manipulation

Posted on February 12, 2012 by jeremybmerrill

I was the first to obtain and publish a side-by-side comparison of the manipulated SAT data reported by CMC and the actual data. My article makes use of D3.js graphs, DocumentCloud and an embedded Google Doc. This article was picked … Continue reading →

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In SAT Score Scandal, CMC Admissions Dean Richard Vos Resigns

Posted on February 12, 2012 by jeremybmerrill

When the news broke that a “senior administrator” at Claremont McKenna had been fudging reported SAT scores, I helped break the news that Richard Vos, the Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, was the “senior administrator” and that … Continue reading →

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President Pamela Gann Speaks About SAT Scandal

Posted on February 12, 2012 by jeremybmerrill

I, along with another Port Side reporter, interviewed Claremont McKenna President Pam Gann. Our interview (at which CMC Forum reporters were also present) was the only one Gann has granted to anyone. I think we did a decent job: Gann … Continue reading →

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State of the Union Bingo

Posted on February 12, 2012 by jeremybmerrill

I built a quick little State of the Union Bingo game. A few hundred people played it during the hour-long (or so) speech. The code is available on github.

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