| CPP ranked 31st in West, loses "Best in West" honor
The US News and World Report fall 2007 rankings are out, and Cal Poly Pomona is tied for 31st among regional universities in the West, way behind its sister school at SLO which remains a couple dozen spots ahead in the Top Ten.
Back in the 1990s CPP also was a Top Ten USNWR program but has been on a fifteen year slide.
And more bad news. The Princeton Review has dropped CPP from its Best in the West list. All of the UC schools (save startup Merced) remain on the list along with many Cal States including nearby San Bernardino and Long Beach. Also, many privates nearby are included, including Whittier, Azusa Pacific, Chapman, Pepperdine, Claremont and Redlands.
What does this mean? We're just not keeping up with the "Joneses," schools with better vision and leadership, and as a result our programs are sliding down in rank and stature, and better students will go elsewhere. |