By William R. Mann ——Bio and Archives--August 25, 2009
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Source: Hudson Valley Press On-line CHUCK STEWART, JR. August 15, 2009 WEST POINT – U.S. News & World Report announced their 2010 “ America’s Best Colleges” today and ranked West Point the “ Top Public Liberal Arts College .” The U.S. Naval Academy was ranked #2. West Point was also named the fourth-best “Undergraduate Engineering Program” ahead of both Navy (fifth) and the U.S. Air Force Academy (tied for sixth). Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Ind. , and Harvey Mudd College , Calif. , tied for the top spot. In the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs category, West Point was ranked #4 overall, slating our Civil Engineering Program #2, Mechanical #8 and Electrical tied-for #9. The engineering rankings are based solely on a spring 2009 peer survey of deans and senior faculty that asked them to rate each program they are familiar with on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (distinguished). West Point ’s average was 4.1. Out of 266 liberal arts colleges that U.S. News categorized as awarding more than half of their degrees in the arts and sciences, West Point was listed as tied for #14-best Liberal Arts College overall, when combining both private and public colleges. Navy was #19. Williams College, Mass., was ranked #1. Earlier this month, Forbes.com, “ America ’s Best Colleges,” ranked West Point as the “ Top College in the Country.”
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William R. Mann, is a retired Lt. Colonel, US Army. He is a now a political observer, analyst, activist and writer for Conservative causes. He was educated at West Point [Bachelor of Science, 1971 ]and the Naval Postgraduate School [Masters, National Security Affairs, 1982].