An alternative to U.S. News Report?

U.S. News and World Report is often one of the first stops along the journey to deciding upon a school. Washington Monthly takes a different approach to rating schools.

The magazine ranks institutions "as engines of social mobility; as producers of academic minds and scientific research that advance knowledge and drive economic growth; and as forces to inculcate and encourage an ethic of service."

Penn State ranked third, behind only Massachusetts Institute of Technology (first) and University of California, Berkeley (second).

For the full story, see http://live.psu.edu/story/18892.