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Cal Ranked #2 University Nationally in Contributions to Society

Posted by Josh M. in Campus News, Other Colleges, UC System
August 10, 2006 at 8:33 pm

A recent report by Washington Monthly Magazine ranking universities in their contributions to society places UC Berkeley at #2 overall on the list right behind MIT, making Cal the top public university on the list. The report bases its findings on a ranking of community service, promotion of scientific and humane research, and the encouragement of social mobility (graduation rates and low-income outreach). This now makes UC Berkeley to top public university in the country in both public service and in US News and World Report’s academic rankings.

The report looks especially well for the UC system, with all 8 of the standard UC campuses (excepting SF and Merced) ranked in the top 100 and holding a dominating 4 spots in the top 10 alone.

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  1. Are you new? Fix the typos.

    Comment by Anonymous — August 11, 2006 @ 12:14 pm

  2. Nitpicker.

    Comment by Anonymous — August 12, 2006 @ 12:32 am

  3. I think this is generally good. However, it’s hard to take a ranking seriously when Texas A&M–hardly an academic powerhouse–takes fifth place.

    Comment by Anonymous — August 12, 2006 @ 10:49 am

  4. It wasn’t a ranking of academic strength.

    Texas A&M may very well have contributed alot to society in terms of the research, social mobility, and community service that were mentioned about. If you know otherwise please enlighten us.

    Comment by Eddy Crochetiere — August 12, 2006 @ 12:04 pm

  5. I was looking across this list of degrees given out by race, and Berkeley actually did quite well, except the reason is that the rest of the country where there are a lot of african americans and latinos aren’t doing so well. Also, Berkeley and UCLA are pretty exceptional in their number of asian students: http://www.diverseeducation.com/Top100Home.asp

    Comment by POS — August 12, 2006 @ 5:54 pm

  6. damn straight we do well in the number of Asian students. We’re proof that getting rid of racial preferences has increased minority enrollment and decreased white enrollment.

    Comment by Anonymous — August 13, 2006 @ 1:07 am

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