mwahahahaha -we know how to party (under the radar) AND hire/tenure accomplished profs

this just in:

Rocky Mountain News
August 22, 2006

The party's still over at the University of Colorado.After being ranked America's No. 1 party school, CU-Boulder is off the Princeton Review's Top 20 list for the second year in a row.

The ratings are driven by the results of student surveys. So far, no one in the CU administration is calling for a recount.

"We have never been so delighted to be identified with a low ranking," spokesman Barrie Hartman said. "What a marvelous way to begin a new school year. We are dealing very seriously with student drinking problems. I think the effort is finally being recognized."

From 1997 to 2004, CU made the Top 10 party school list in all but one year (1999), when it fell to 25th. It was No. 1 in the 2003 survey.


and this :


CU-Boulder Ranked 11th Best Public University For Fourth Straight Year
Aug. 28, 2006

For the fourth straight year, a survey by the Institute for Higher Education in Shanghai, China, has ranked the University of Colorado at Boulder the 11th best public university in the world.

A total of 500 international universities, both public and private, were ranked in the 2006 survey, undertaken by the Institute for Higher Education at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China. The survey ranked Harvard University first, followed by the University of Cambridge, Stanford University, the University of California-Berkeley and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology among all universities, both public and private.

The ranking criteria included Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (the highest scientific award for mathematicians) received by faculty and alumni, and the number of highly cited researchers in several broad categories. The criteria also included the number of articles published in Nature and Science -- widely considered the world's top two research journals -- as well as the total research paper citations by faculty and students and the academic performance of universities with respect to institution size.

"We are very pleased to be recognized once again in this international survey," said CU-Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson. "Research, teaching and service are the primary mission of CU-Boulder, and this is another indication that our outstanding faculty continues to perform in all of these areas extremely well."

CU-Boulder ranked 34th among all universities, both public and private, in the 2006 ranking by the Institute for Higher Education.