What Does America Need From Its Universities?

A new college ranking report attempts to answer this question based on guidelines of social mobility, ethics and service.

The Washington Monthly comes with three central criteria for ranking American Universities: "Universities should be engines of social mobility, they should produce the academic minds and scientific research that advance knowledge and drive economic growth, and they should inculcate and encourage an ethic of service."

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