In 1995, the American Philosophical Association censured Wittenberg University for violating the professional rights of one its members, then a faculty member in the philosophy department denied tenure for unjust reasons.
The "U.S. News & World Report" magazine for 2012 have Wittenberg ranked as the 121st best Liberal Arts college in the US,[REF] and Forbes Magazine ranked the schools as the 176th best university in the country [REF].