CMU drops in U.S. News national ranking
Central Michigan University has dropped in U.S. News & World Report’s national ranking of universities from 194 to 202, Provost Michael Gealt said during Tuesday’s Academic Senate Meeting.
U.S. News has been ranking universities nationally since 1983. The most recent list was published Sept. 13.
Gealt said CMU had improved despite the drop.
“Due to the Carnegie classification change, about 30 or 35 universities that had been regional are now national,” Gealt said. “Even though we’ve gone from 194 to 202, we’ve actually improved.”
Gealt added the university’s ranking in graduation rate performance improved from 34 to 29 nationally.
“Our students, based on their characteristics, their GPA and ACT when they enter, graduate at a higher rate than U.S. News anticipates,” he said.
CMU’s lowest sub-score was in financial resources at 274.
The Academic Senate meeting also watched a presentation on Prior Learning Assessment from Teacher Education and Professional Development faculty member Raymond Francis.
Prior Learning allows students to gain credit for skills they acquire on the job that are equivalent to those learned in the classroom.
“It is based on the idea that learning can take place in many different forms,” Francis said.
Francis said Prior Learning credits require approval by the student’s faculty adviser, cannot cover math or writing assessment courses and cannot be transferred.
