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President Colin Diver questions "Is There Life After Rankings?" in "The Atlantic Monthly"
"A report card from one college president, whose school now shuns the U.S. News ranking system—and has not only survived but thrived."
In the November 2005 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, Reed College president Colin Diver reflects on the college's decision ten years ago to no longer participate in the U.S. News & World Report or other college rankings. You can read the full article here, along with the resulting Washington Post commentary.
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Reed College
Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, is an undergraduate institution of the liberal arts and sciences dedicated to sustaining the highest intellectual standards in the country. With an enrollment of about 1,360 students, Reed ranks third in the undergraduate origins of Ph.D.s in the United States and second in the number of Rhodes Scholars from a liberal arts college (31 since 1915). For more information, visit web.reed.edu.