<p>Tortoise, when I said decades I meant since the inception of the USNews rankings. I know all about Duke in the 60s and how it was transformed through Terry Sanford’s savvy. I don’t understand why Duke’s relatively recent ascent into the highest echelon of higher education makes it less worthy of respect though. Again, forgive me for playing devil’s advocate.</p>
<p>Also tortoise, I’d be interested to know whether you have the same opinion of the college of arts and sciences at Penn, since to the best of my understanding, it is also a relatively new entrant into the clique of elite undergraduate colleges.</p>