Talk:Reed College

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.

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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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From Steitz's article: "small colleges produce about twice as many students

who go on to obtain a Ph.D. in science than do large, distinguished research

universities."

So, is Reed unusual compared with other liberal arts colleges in this

regard, or just compared with other bachelor's granting institutions?

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Yes, according to their literature, compared to other liberal arts colleges. Compared to all institutions, actually. Have a look: http://www.reed.edu . --LMS