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Guilford included in numerous prestigious rankings
BY OLIVIA WERNER
Staff Writer
Each year, Guilford College is mentioned
in various college guides that recognize its
outstanding efforts in areas ranging from
environmental friendliness to community
outreach and academics to student life.
Guilford appeared in several college
guides for the 2013-2014 school year,
compiled by U.S. News & World Report,
The Princeton Review, Forbes and the
Washington Monthly. Rankings were based
upon a range of qualifications that reflect
on student satisfaction.
"Guilford is proud to be listed among
the best colleges in a number of guides
every year," said Ty Buckner, associate
vice president for communications &
marketing, in an email interview. "We've
been in Princeton Review's guide every
year it has been published, longer than any
other school in our region."
U.S. News & World Report ranked
Guilford as 173rd out of 248 liberal art
schools in their "National Liberal Arts
Colleges Rankings."
This category highlights institutions
that emphasize undergraduate education
and award at least half of their degrees to
liberal arts programs.
Rankings for U.S. News are generally
based on seven measures: academic
reputation, student selectivity, faculty
resources, retention rate, financial resources.
alumni donations and graduation rate.
This information is collected through a
600-question survey that the Institutional
Research Department fills out each year.
The Princeton Review placed Guilford
on three separate lists this year: "Best 378
Colleges in the Southeast," "Best College
Radio Station" and "Reefer Madness."
The Princeton Review's "Best 378
Colleges in the Southeast" ranks schools
from Virginia to Florida and westward to
Louisiana.
These rankings were positioned
according to academic reputation,
which was acquired through
feedback from college administrators,
students, faculty and parents.
Guilford appeared more frequently on
national lists, while its competitors were
featured on regional lists for the same
categories.
Each year. The Princeton Review travels
from school to school, interviewing
students to develop an accurate depiction
of student life.
Thanks to positive student feedback,
Guilford's completely student-run radio
station, WQFS, has been featured on The
Princeton Review's list 10 out of the past
11 years. This year, WQFS moved up from
11th to 6th.
"It's exciting to be one of the only
stations from the South mentioned on
this list," said senior Kate Schwab, WQFS
general manager.
"We've been in Princeton Review's guide every year it has been
published, longer than any other school in our region."
Ty Buckner, associate vice president for communications & marketing
The station's success can be credited to
Schwab, as well as the student managers,
faculty advisor Kami Rowan and the
station's DJs.
"Kate Schwab has done a great job
managing the station," said senior Mace
Smith. "The fact that she has been a
manager for coming up on three years has
been good in terms of the continuity in
keeping the station moving forward."
The "Reefer Madness" list ranks the top
20 schools in the country where students
regularly smoke marijuana. Guilford
appeared at 18th on this year's list, down
from 16th in the previous year.
"I don't know how accurate the ranking
is, but I feel like as a whole, many students
participate in smoking marijuana," said
junior Joshua Williams.
This year, Forbes provided an overall
ranking of Guilford at 434th out of 650
schools on the "America's Top Colleges"
list, down from 387th in 2012. Guilford
was also rated 19th among North Carolina
Schools, 98th among Southern schools and
294th among private colleges.
These rankings were based on retention
rate, alumni salaries, student debt,
graduation rate and academic success.
Washington Monthly ranked Guilford
126th this year, which is significantly
lower than its 29th place ranking last
year. Rankings are based on the school's
contributions to the public good through
social mobility, research and service.
According to Washington Monthly's
2013 College Guide, Guilford didn't excel
in as many of these categories, which may
have attributed to its plunge on the list.
Namely, Guilford's number of Pell grants
and graduation rates that have dropped
since last year.
"Our number one reason for not being
higher is that we don't have as much money
or resources," said Kent Grumbles, director
of institutional research and assessment.
Still, Guilford's rankings were impressive
considering its modest endowment.
SEXUAL ASSAULT
SENATE Update
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This Week's
Developments
Students gathered to discuss the implications of the Administrative
and Program Services Assessment Over 50 students attended and
discussions were lively, critical, well-reasoned, and thoughtful.The
general consensus was that students were upset with how little time
was granted for the raising of concerns and many planned to attend
the forum on Wednesday'to make their voices heard.
Next Week's
Plans
We’re hoping to get students and faculty from PPS to come and speak
about further actions receding APSA. Jeff jeske will provide a faculty
perspective on the decision to cut bus transportation to the Bryan
series. Daniel Gallant-Raeder will report on the progress of the new
Student Advisory Committee.
Contact Us
We need to hear your voice. Have an idea? Concern? Great recipe? Its
important to us.
Questions? Email; senate@guilford.edu or visit
http://guilfordsenate.wordpress.com
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advantage of a girl when she's black-out drunk and
think that nothing will happen to them and that it
isn't rape — because it is," said MacDonald.
Although the administration provided counseling
support for her, MacDonald felt her offenders were
let off the hook. One of the students was found guilty
of "intent to rape", even though he admitted to
having sex with her.
'They didn't let me get justice and set a good
example," said MacDonald. 'This guy still got to
graduate. He sat one row behind and three seats over
from me at graduation, which was just a physical
reminder that this guy has gotten to skate by and
never faced consequences, while I struggled to make
sure I got my work done amidst everything so I could
graduate."
It is important to improve the process of reporting
incidents like these, which are common on college
campuses.
"Students realize something is wrong with
the process," said junior and member of Sexual
Assault Awareness Support and Advocacy Chelsea
Yarborough "There are statistics available but they
are likely imderreported or incorrectly filed. The
numbers could be easily skewed."
According to Yarborough, it is very difficult to
report a sexual misconduct incident.
"The reporting form is very difficult to find,"
said Yarborough. "Why isn't it on the front page of
the website? It has the local weather but no sexual
misconduct resources."
Even if it were easier to report, Yarborough thinks
pressing charges is not encouraged enough.
"Victims are not pushed to press charges formally,"
said Yarborough.
Messina and MacDonald certainly felt this way
after they came forward.
Incidents like these are particularly important
to discuss considering Guilford's recent launch
of its new consent-based sex campaign, "Keep It
Consensual: Only Yes Means Yes.
While Messina and MacDonald's experiences
may not have aligned with the campaign's goals, the
administration welcomes student input to create a
better process.
"If students are ever dissatisfied with the judicial
process, they should come see us to talk about their
concerns," said Vice President for Student Affairs and
Dean of Students Aaron Fetrow.
"Students can also get involved with the
Community Accountability Process, the Judicial
Board and the Senate Judicial Committee."
The administration encourages open discourse
about this tricky, but crucial, subject matter.
"With the 'Keep It Consensual' campaign, this
year was about these discussions," said Fetrow. "We
wanted them to start and want them to continue."
Regarding the link to the
Sexual Assault Resources page:
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Currently, the reporting link is available
within two clicks of the front page in multiple
ways. Including the Public Safety web site,
Counseling website. Student Health site and
by searching“sexual assault” in the search bar. ?
However, the Guilford website is undergoing \
reconstructing, so the position of the link j
: wilt likely change upon its completion.