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6 October
10:37 pm

an educational institution that I also turned around for being fourth in the nation to number, to in the top fifty nationwide

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Jocelyn Benson, at Michigan Governor General Election Debate (WOOD TV8)

10:37 pm
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Why we checked itA specific claim about improving an institution's national ranking from fourth-worst to top fifty, which can be verified against published rankings
What we foundThe core claim — that Wayne State University Law School rose from the fourth tier to the top 50 under Benson — is partially accurate but overstated: the school was previously ranked in the fourth tier, and it did rise dramatically, but it only reached top-50 territory (No. 56) after Benson had left as dean in 2016.
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