Apparently a school's academic , atheletic, and social attributes are not enough for today's college-seeker. The Princeton Review is now offering rankings on a school's "Greenness." According the the website, a school's "Green Rating" will be:"a comprehensive measure of a school’s performance as an environmentally aware and prepared institution. Specifically, it includes 1.) whether students have a campus quality of life that is both healthy and sustainable, 2.) how well a school is preparing students for employment in the clean energy economy of the 21st century as well as for citizenship in a world now defined by environmental concerns and opportunities and 3) how environmentally responsible a school’s policies are."
School's that receive a ranking of 99 or better make it on the "honor roll." Yay!
Frankly, this ranking would mean absolutely nothing to me. Not that I don't think recylcing and reducing energy use is laudable or important, just that when picking out colleges, the school's sustainability wouldn't even show up on my radar for qualifiations. In addition, the Review's statement that it wants to measure how well the school will prepare students for "citizenship in a world now defined by environmental concerns" sounds extremely smug.
The Princeton Review should spend more time focusing on things that really matter, like how lax the school's policies on kegs are.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A New Ranking GW Is Not On
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Wait, we didn't make the list?
"The Princeton Review should spend more time focusing on things that really matter, like how lax the school's policies on kegs are."
Or on how "alternative lifestyles" are not an alternative at my alma mater.
For the curious, it is actually possible to get kegs Thurston. If you fail at it, Freshmen, you have only yourselves to blame!
I live in North Columbia Heights for a reason...
-- Marc
But where is GW on the party list?
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