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from a more select pool, academically and economically. |
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This is all true (the article wasn't NPOV), although Reed does have an ''unusually'' high percentage of people who go on to get Ph.D.'s--that is represented as a statistical fact by their literature, anyway. --[[LMS]] |
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Revision as of 23:25, 8 January 2002
This article reads more like a recruitment brochure than an encyclopedia
written with an eye towards neutral-point-of-view.
"nice, quiet", "well-known" and other glowing phrases. I've heard great
things about Reed, true, and know or know of a few alumni, but even so.
As for high-proportions of Ph.D.'s, I believe this is generally true of
small liberal arts colleges.
http://www.lawrence.edu/news/pubs/steitz.shtml
As with all liberal arts colleges, one might question whether they do so
well (assuming that production of Ph.D.s can be defined as "doing well")
because of value-add unique to any college, or because they tend to draw
from a more select pool, academically and economically.
This is all true (the article wasn't NPOV), although Reed does have an unusually high percentage of people who go on to get Ph.D.'s--that is represented as a statistical fact by their literature, anyway. --LMS