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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings

    The U.S. News & World Report released its annual ranking of colleges today. No surprises— Princeton, Harvard, and Yale took the top three spots. U.C. Berkeley was the highest ranked public university at number 20 and USC and UCLA tied at 23rd. Why do we care so much?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 9, 2015 • 1 min read

    The U.S. News & World Report released its annual ranking of colleges today. No surprises—Princeton, Harvard, and Yale took the top three spots. U.C. Berkeley was the highest ranked public university at number 20 and USC and UCLA tied at 23rd. Why do we care so much?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    Women Crime Writers, and Housing LA’s Homeless
    1. 0:00Making L.A.: Housing the Homeless
    2. 16:46CA Emissions Bills
    3. 25:23The World of Women Crime Writers
    4. 41:44U.S. News & World Report’s College RankingsYou’re reading this
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