{"56407":{"#nid":"56407","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Colleges Hold the Course on U.S. News Rankings","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\u2019s colleges hardly moved in U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s latest college rankings, scheduled to be released Thursday.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe magazine\u2019s popular and sometimes controversial report ranks colleges using several factors including reputation, class size, retention and graduation rates, alumni giving and resources for faculty.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow colleges did:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u25cf Emory University ranked 17 among national public and private universities, tying with Rice and Vanderbilt universities. Last year, Emory was 18th in this category.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u25cf Georgia Tech came in at No. 7 among public universities \u2014 the same spot it held for the previous two years \u2014 and tied with University of California at San Diego. Among national private and public universities, Tech ranked 35th, tying with Lehigh University and the University of Rochester.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/georgia-colleges-hold-the-119697.html\u0027\u003EView full article\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia\u2019s colleges hardly moved in U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s latest college rankings, scheduled to be released Thursday.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Colleges Hold the Course on U.S. News Rankings"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2009-08-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:06","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9525","name":"College Rankings"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"1875","name":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cmitchell6\u0022\u003EContact Colly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5982\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}