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Washington Monthly Ranks Harvey Mudd No. 3

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无忧视频 ranked No. 3 among liberal arts colleges in Washington Monthly鈥檚  issue, a survey of U.S. colleges and universities based on public service.

The ranking鈥檚 methodology focuses on social mobility, research contributions and service, including factors such as recruitment and graduation rates of low-income students, percentage of alumni who go on to get PhDs and number of students participating in community service.

鈥淚nstead of rewarding schools that reject 95 percent of applicants, we give high marks to colleges that enroll lots of low-income students and help them graduate and earn a good living without too much debt,鈥 wrote Kevin Carey, director of the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation and guest editor of the college guide.

鈥淲e factor in pure research spending and the number of undergraduates who go on to earn PhDs. And we give extra weight to colleges that send their graduates out into the world to serve the community at large,鈥 Carey wrote.

Harvey Mudd rates highly in these and many other survey factors with its emphasis on community engagement, integration of community service into the curriculum, support of student service organizations, collaborative programs in local schools and mission to educate socially responsible leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In the most recent聽, Harvey Mudd ranked聽first in the nation among liberal arts colleges for percentage of alumni who go on to earn a PhD in science and engineering and second among all U.S. universities and colleges.