Title

"Cover Story" piece on a U.S. News and World Report college ranking published Se

Authors

Greg Williams

Source

Casco Bay Weekly

Date

8-30-2001

Pages

10-11, 13, 1

Abstract

"Cover Story" piece on a U.S. News and World Report college ranking published Sept. 1, 2000, which ranked the University of Southern Maine (USM) as a "tier 3" regional school. The report divided colleges into four categories from "top" to "tier 4." According to the magazine, USM's faults include doing a mediocre job in retaining freshmen, having a less-than-stellar graduation rate, accepting a relatively low percentage of students who graduated in the top quarter of their high school classes, and its lackluster fundraising among alumni. With special focus on public and private funding.

Subjects

Colleges and universities, University of Southern Maine

https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/cbw_2001/34/

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