Penn State Ranks Third in Helping the Country

It was nice to see my alma mater receive recognition for more than just football. A fellow alumnus posted this on his blog and sent it to some of us in the same alumni interest group. The Washington Monthly did a study of which colleges and universities contribute most to the country. Their criteria:

• How well it performs as an engine of social mobility (ideally helping the poor to get rich rather than the very rich to get very, very rich)
• How well it does in fostering scientific and humanistic research
• How well it promotes an ethic of service to country

Here are the full rankings.