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Article: Auburn Ranks 28th Among Land Grants and in the Top 50 of Public Universities for 16th Consecutive Year in U.S. News Rankings
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 22, 2008
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Auburn University issued the following news release:
Auburn University is ranked 28th among land grant universities nationally and in the top 50 of public universities overall for the 16th consecutive year, according to an annual survey released by U.S. News & World Report today. Auburn placed 45th among the top 50 public universities.
"The comparison to other land grants is critically important to us, because land grants share certain common academic qualities," said Jay Gogue, Auburn University president. "Our strategic plan calls for us to steadily increase our measures of quality among this distinctive group.
"Beyond the specific rankings, having worked in other states for much of ...