<p>I always love the undergrad teaching ranking that IB posted. It always infuriates most CC people b/c it upsets the status quo but does state the obvious. Some schools focus on teaching undergrads. Some focus on research. They are two different objectives that do overlap but are definitely not the same path.</p>
<p>If you are on this site to pick a highly specialized dept for grad school, ignore it. But if you are winding through the maze that is American higher education, then ignore it at your peril. If you dont think Brown and Dartmouth are different than Harvard or Columbia than USNWR has succeeded in getting you to suspend common sense. </p>
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