Dear Oberlin PLURAL NOUN,
Across the nation, colleges and universities have struggled to effectively VERB our unparalleled purpose and the ADJECTIVE value we bring to PLURAL NOUN and therefore society. We have allowed ourselves to be PAST TENSE VERB and defined — and in many cases, distracted and PAST TENSE VERB— by ADJECTIVE parties with entirely ADJECTIVE values. For many years, we have PAST TENSE VERB the belief that it is impossible to distill the excellence of any given college or university into one ranking, and this year’s U.S. News rankings VERB this truth.
For example, at Oberlin College and Conservatory our excellence manifests itself in our PLURAL NOUN, and the contributions they make in realms such as the arts, PLURAL NOUN, public service, PLURAL NOUN, and notably, PLURAL NOUN, where Obies go on in significant numbers and bring the world new discoveries, and prepare the next generation for lives of VERB + ING. U.S. News added an emphasis on graduate PLURAL NOUN in its rankings this year. But this one data point misses the COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE picture when understanding the ADJECTIVE outcomes of Oberlin graduates, who have gone on to VERB more PLURAL NOUN than the graduates of any other baccalaureate college in the nation, and place Oberlin in the top NUMBER NOUN-producing baccalaureate colleges in the nation over the past LENGTH OF TIME.
Higher education should no longer allow U.S. News rankings to VERB the narrative about college quality and excellence in the United States. We will continue to VERB what this means for Oberlin’s future participation in the rankings. Moving DIRECTION, U.S. News rankings will ADVERB not drive Oberlin’s VERB + ING about how to provide an exceptional academic and ADJECTIVE experience that prepares our students to VERB the world for NOUN.
