2008 Woodie Awards
Duke sticks at #8 in U.S. News rankings
By: from staff reports
Issue date: 7/25/07 Section: News
Last update: 8/17/07 at 5:42 PM EST
Last update: 8/17/07 at 5:42 PM EST
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Duke held steady at #8 in the country in this year's annual U.S. News and World Report rankings of colleges and universities nationwide, published Friday.
"We're gratified that the quality of our faculty and students has been recognized once again," Provost Peter Lange said in a statement. "I'm especially pleased that Duke was recognized this year in the 'service-learning' category, reflecting the priority we have given to expanding such opportunities for students and to putting knowledge in the service of society more broadly."
Service learning was one of four categories for which Duke was cited, along with senior capstone, writing in the disciplines and undergraduate research and creative projects.
The biomedical engineering program at the Pratt School of Engineering also held its spot, remaining #2 in the country.
The University was rated tenth in the category of "Great Schools, Great Prices," which indexes average cost against quality of education.
Duke slid from fifth to eighth last year, a ranking that officials said predated the lacrosse case.
"We're gratified that the quality of our faculty and students has been recognized once again," Provost Peter Lange said in a statement. "I'm especially pleased that Duke was recognized this year in the 'service-learning' category, reflecting the priority we have given to expanding such opportunities for students and to putting knowledge in the service of society more broadly."
Service learning was one of four categories for which Duke was cited, along with senior capstone, writing in the disciplines and undergraduate research and creative projects.
The biomedical engineering program at the Pratt School of Engineering also held its spot, remaining #2 in the country.
The University was rated tenth in the category of "Great Schools, Great Prices," which indexes average cost against quality of education.
Duke slid from fifth to eighth last year, a ranking that officials said predated the lacrosse case.
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Duke JD
posted 8/17/07 @ 6:52 PM EST
This is good news in the circumstances. If Duke can just continue to quietly get rid of the rest of the 88 (Farred moved on last month -- fewer than 70 are still at Duke), ease out the hapless Brodhead, allow the 'Angry Studies' departments to wither via benign neglect, avoid further embarrassing public faculty outbursts of anti-white racism, anti-male-sexism, anti-athlete prejudice or class warfare, exercise some quality-control over faculty publication of uber-politically-correct nonsense, and spend some of this year's record-breaking fundraising proceeds on a few judicious hires of outstanding humanities scholars not in thrall to outlandish sociopolitical ideologies or otherwise likely to make the university look ridiculous, then there should be no reason why Duke couldn't regain the ranking it enjoyed two years ago. (Continued…)
Reader 63
posted 8/17/07 @ 11:31 PM EST
Two years ago Duke was #5 in the US News and World Report rankings. Two other schools, Stanford and MIT, were also listed as #5 in a tie. The next school on the list was listed as #8. (Continued…)
dukebasketball
posted 8/21/07 @ 1:40 PM EST
Anyone have a list of the 88 pathetic faux scholars. I want to make sure I don't wind up in any of their classes.
Duke 07
posted 8/21/07 @ 2:45 PM EST
Link not working. List below:
1. Stan Abe - Art, Art History, and Visual Studies
2. Benjamin Albers - University Writing Program
3. Anne Allison - Cultural Anthropology
4. (Continued…)
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