DU rankings split in Princeton Review
Stephanie Takach
Issue date: 8/8/08 Section: News
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Surveys for The Review were distributed by the schools themselves and "Drexel was incredibly helpful in this," according to Rob Franek, author of The Princeton Review.
Franek said the average number of surveys returned per school is 350 to 375, but for larger schools such as Ohio State, it's not uncommon for The Review to get several thousand.
"I am pleased The Princeton Review changed the name of this ranking that was formerly known as 'Campus Is Tiny, Unsightly, or Both,' which is very negative and only encourages negative responses," Tucker wrote.
Drexel did, however, earn some positive rankings. The University was included in the list of 25 most connected campuses and in the 2007 Top Entrepreneurial Programs: Undergraduate.
The Review added the Green Rating this year and Drexel was given a rating of 98 on a scale of 60 to 99.
"Drexel is such a leader in this field when it comes to environmental consciousness and how it benefits students that attend the school," Franek said.
According to Franek, the green rating focuses on environmental sustainability on campus. It is based on quantitative data such as what initiatives exist on campus as well as academic initiatives.
"All of us at Drexel have an interest in making this the best place it can be," Tobey Oxholm, executive vice president and chief of staff, wrote in an e-mail. "If we succeed in getting beyond a tipping point and creating a true culture of environmental responsibility, that will encourage others who care about those issues to come join us - new students, new faculty, new staff."
The Green rating was added after The Review did a survey called College Hopes and Worries.
"What we found was 63 percent of all the 11,000 students that we had surveyed said that it was important or very important for them to know if their future undergraduate school was committed to sustainability," Franek said.
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