{"80661":{"#nid":"80661","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Institute Maintains National Profile in \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News\u003C\/em\u003E Rankings for 2005","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the sixth consecutive year and the eighth time in the past decade, \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E ranks the Georgia Institute of Technology as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the 2005 release of America\u0027s Best Colleges from \u003Cem\u003EU.S.News \u0026amp; World Report\u003C\/em\u003E, Georgia Tech\u0027s ranking among all universities, public and private, slipped three slots to 41st.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong Tech\u0027s highlights are the rankings for the College of Management, which moved up two slots to 34th among business schools and placed three of its programs in the nation\u0027s top 15. In addition, every program in Tech\u0027s College of Engineering was ranked among the top 15, with four of them ranked among the top five in the country. For the second year in a row, Georgia Tech\u0027s Co-Op program was ranked as one of 11 \u0022Academic Programs to Look For\u0022 under internships and co-ops.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022This has been a difficult year for higher education in Georgia, and I\u0027m pleased that we were able to maintain high rankings,\u0022 Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough said. \u0022Our reputational measurements continue to rank very well. But when it comes to variables like class size, we\u0027ve lost ground with our competition. When you compete at the highest level nationally, even a percentage point or two can make a difference.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAs with last year, Georgia Tech\u0027s peer assessment\u0026mdash;the school\u0027s perceived quality among other universities\u0026mdash;placed it in the top 25 of all universities in the nation with a score of 4.0, the same as that of Emory University (20th) and Georgetown University (25th).  But variables like faculty resources, class size, and faculty-to-student ratios push Tech into lower rankings.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ve done an excellent job maintaining our overall position in a difficult environment,\u0022 Dr. Clough said. \u0022We\u0027re one of the top research universities in the nation with a consistently outstanding engineering program and a business school that is on the move. For the first time ever, we have three business programs ranked in the top 15. That shows considerable progress in a very competitive arena.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022And I am continually impressed by our ability to perform at such a high level across every single program in engineering. That is tough to do year, after year, after year, with industrial and aerospace engineering leading the way,\u0022 he said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne other top ranking for Tech is the generosity of alumni donations. The percentage of Tech alums contributing to the Institute is the highest among any public university in the top 50.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I think that says a lot about this institution and our graduates,\u0022 said Clough, the first Tech alumnus to become president of the Institute.  \u0022They feel good about what they learned here. They\u0027ve been successful in their professional lives.  And they believe in the vision we have for the future of Georgia Tech. We\u0027ve done some amazing things with their financial, professional and emotional support, and we wouldn\u0027t be where we are without our impressive alumni base.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering Named the Country\u0027s Best"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"The 2005 release of \u003Cem\u003EAmerica\u0027s Best Colleges \u003C\/em\u003Efrom \u003Cem\u003EU.S.News \u0026amp; World Report \u003C\/em\u003Eagain ranks Georgia Tech among the top 10 public universities in the nation, and four schools in the College of Engineering are listed among the country\u0027s top five.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2004-08-20 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:58","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-08-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"80671":{"id":"80671","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449178079","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:27:59","changed":"1475894696","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:56"}},"media_ids":["80671"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/home.htm","title":"U.S. News \u0026 World Report"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/president\/","title":"Georgia Tech President G.P. (Bud) Peterson"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EJim Fetig\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssociate Vice President\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=jfetig3\u0022\u003EContact Jim Fetig\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0852\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["james.fetig@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}