THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Higher education is facing a pivotal moment as leaders reckon with U.S. News & World Report’s rankings and the outsized role they play in setting the agenda. One of the most problematic impacts of U.S. News’s rankings is the effect its methodology has on low-income students, who need financial aid to access the opportunities they’ve earned. Such practices keep law school financially out of reach for large numbers of highly qualified, indisputably meritorious applicants.