Posted on Tue, Aug 28, 2012 : 2:12 p.m.
U-M No. 13 on list of nation's top 100 colleges
By Cindy Heflin
The University of Michigan gets kudos for value in new rankings published this week, MLive reported.
The Lawyers Club at the University of Michigan
Photo courtesy of University of Michigan
Michigan State University (34), Michigan Tech (63), Western Michigan (90) and Wayne State (95) also made the list.
Washington Monthly has earned praise for its unique analysis, MLive reported, which considers "contribution to the public good" in three categories: social mobility, research and public service. A cost-effectiveness measure was incorporated in the social mobility ranking this year.
Comments
Aquarius
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 : 8:54 p.m.
The leaders and best at telling the world how they are the leaders and best. Just ask them, they'll be happy to tell you. 13th best ain't gonna cut it . Have we not heard enough from the UM mutual admiration society. How boring and tiring!
dairy6
Wed, Aug 29, 2012 : 3:59 a.m.
havent we heard enough from the UM mutual haters society? same old crap different day, different post.
Steve in MI
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 : 8:53 p.m.
Yeah, think twice before getting too excited about U-M's ranking on this list. The Washington Monthly "top 100" uses a weighting system that " based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country)" This weighting results in a "Top 100" list that puts Texas A&M nine places ahead of Harvard, and Michigan State ahead of Yale. Skeptical cat is skeptical.
xmo
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 : 8:13 p.m.
We keep winning all of these honors in spite of having a past that is better than the present!
An Arborigine
Tue, Aug 28, 2012 : 7:11 p.m.
Another for my Big Book of Ann Arbor Lists, wooooohooooooo!