Des Moines Register
08-24-07
Dateline Iowa
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ISU 21st, U of I 43rd in 'best university' list
Iowa State University ranks 21st and the University of Iowa 43rd among 242
ranked national universities in Washington Monthly's 2007 list of best
universities.
Washington Monthly bills its college rankings as a "guide not just to what
colleges can do for you, but what colleges are doing for the country."
Its rankings are based on schools' commitment to recruiting and graduating
poorer students, supporting what the magazine calls "scientific and humanistic
study that is key to our national strength" and fostering an ethic of giving back to
the country, through military or civilian service.