US News and Report, responsible for the most highly regarded “Best University” lists, released two additional lists on Nov. 29, and the University of Oregon did not fare well.
For the first time, US News released a list of “Overachievers,” and “Underachievers” for universities that rank lower. The UO appeared in the latter.
As of 2012, US News ranked UO as 115 in the nation. Their academic peer assessment is only 70. According to the report, this could result from the undergraduate academic reputation being poorer than the graduate programs reputation, or that there are more negative trends happening at the school that the national rank doesn’t take into account.
The UO’s “underperformance” falls at negative 45, which is a couple points short of average (47.5) for the 15 universities listed. Only two of the 15 are included in the top 100 universities, with six in the top 150. Other universities included are fellow Pac-12 schools Arizona State University, University of Arizona, University of Colorado and University of Utah.
US News and Report list UO among “underachieving” schools
Daily Emerald
December 6, 2012
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