Word: caltech
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Your friends may have joked about it for a few days. You certainly read about it in the news. Your parents might have asked you if you knew anyone who went to "that Caltech school...
According to U.S. News & World Report, Harvard, which held the top rank last year, is now the number two school in the country. The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) jumped from number four to number...
...Caltech Provost Stephen R. Koonin says that, while his school appreciates the positive publicity that comes with being ranked number one, he recognizes that the listings cannot be taken at face value...
...survey considers such factors as selectivity, faculty, graduation and retention rates, and financial resources. This year, the magazine put increased weight on a school's expenditure per student--a category in which Caltech, with its wealth of lab facilities, more than doubles the amount spent by Harvard, Princeton and Yale--as well as several other categories...
Koonin said Caltech's rise in the rankings from last year was due to changes in the survey's methodology, not to changes in Caltech. He adds that he expected the weightings to change again next year...