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JMU gets top
rank in survey .
James Madison University has , been ranked fourth among 141 com- ; prehensive colleges and universities ; in a national magazine survey on ; academic quality.
JMU was the highest ranked !. public university among the south- ! em and border state comprehensive : universities in the poll taken by U.S. News & World Report. The three schools ranked higher are all private ; universities.
JMU President Ronald E. Carrier said that he was pleased with !; the recognition JMU received. ; i
“The survey is gratifying partic- ; ularly since our announced goal is for ; JMU to become the finest public un- •; dergraduate university in America,” ! j Dr. Carrier said. * •'; ! !;
The full surveyappears in the J Oct. 26 issue of U.S. News, which went on sale Monday.
U.S.Newsasked 1,329 college *i presidents - with 60 percent of | them responding - to select the 10 3 schools providing the best under- * graduate education from among j those classified in the same category $ as their own. «i
JMU was ranked second in the •* 1985 poll, behind Trinity University. 2 The two other universities higher 2 than JMU in 1987 - Wake Forest 2 and Furman - were ranked as na- 2 tional liberal-arts colleges in 1985 ; rather than regional comprehensive * universities. 2
In 1983, JMU was ranked sev- 2 enth among comprehensive universi- £ ties in the East. 2
JMU has been the highest { ranked public university in all three J of the U.S. NewspoUs. *
In the 1985 poll, 21 percent of the *
college presidents named JMU as | one of the top comprehensive uni- £ versities. In this year’s poll, 39 per- $ cent of the presidents named JMU. £
85.6%