On August 19, 2005, President Jake B. Schrum's '68 piece on "A Better Way to Evaluate Colleges" became a feature article on Inside Higher Ed (www.insidehighered.com). Schrum's article offers college and university administrators five questions that concern the current college ranking system, provided by U.S. News & World Report. These questions include, "Has the institution's faculty been granted a Phi Beta Kappa chapter?", "Has the college or university earned a favorable rating (A or better) by Moody's Investors Service or another rating service such as Standard and Poor's?", "Do graduates of the college earn predominately Bachelor of Arts degrees?", "What percentage of students reside on campus?", and "How diverse is the campus community?"

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