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Archived News
2008
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DSU Ranked #4 Top Midwestern Public Comprehensive College U.S. News & World Report released America’s Best Colleges 2003 today, naming Dakota State University as the fourth Top Midwestern Public Comprehensive College. “Being recognized by a national source is a point of pride for the university,” stated Dr. Jerald Tunheim, DSU President. “Students making their college choice today are inundated with information. DSU’s ranking in this survey gives those students one more reason to look at what this university has to offer.” According to U.S. News, a comprehensive college is an institution that focuses on undergraduate education and offers a range of degree program in the liberal arts, which account for fewer than half of their bachelor’s degrees, and in professional fields such as business and education. The system U.S. News uses to rank schools is quite elaborate. Schools are categorized by mission and in some cases by region, such as with the Dakota State University ranking. Seventy -five percent of a school’s ranking is based on a formula that uses objective measures of academic quality such as graduation rates, retention and alumni giving. The remaining twenty-five percent is based on a peer survey. U.S. News asks presidents, provosts and deans of admissions to rate intangibles, for example faculty dedication to teaching, for schools in the same category, including their own institutions.To be included in the rankings a college or university must be accredited and have a total enrollment of at least 250 students. |
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