<p>Most of the leading universities in the country have now had time to review and comment on these NRC rankings. Below are links to the official announcements of the results. You can get different perspectives from each and I provide them here for reference.</p>
<p>It appears that Yale and Caltech have made no public comment.</p>
<p>[Harvard Gazette Online – High marks for doctoral programs](<a href=“High marks for doctoral programs – Harvard Gazette”>A look inside: Currier House – Harvard Gazette)</p>
<p>[Princeton</a> University - Princeton Ph.D. programs get high marks in national assessment](<a href=“Princeton Ph.D. programs get high marks in national assessment”>Princeton Ph.D. programs get high marks in national assessment)</p>
<p>[Stanford</a> News – National Research Council doctoral program ratings released](<a href=“You've requested a page that no longer exists | Stanford News”>You've requested a page that no longer exists | Stanford News) </p>
<p>[MIT</a> | Rankings Reaffirm MIT Leadership Role in Science and Technology](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/rankings-nrc.html]MIT”>National Research Council releases assessment of U.S. doctoral programs | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology) </p>
<p>[UC</a> Berkeley | National Research Council ranks UC Berkeley’s Ph.D. programs among nation’s best](<a href=“http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2010/09/28_nrc-rankings.shtml]UC”>National Research Council ranks UC Berkeley’s Ph.D. programs among nation’s best | Berkeley News)</p>
<p>[Columbia</a> PhD Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences Rated Best Overall by the NRC! | Earth and Environmental Sciences](<a href=“http://eesc.columbia.edu/news-events/news/phd-program-earth-and-environmental-sciences-rated-best-overall-nrc]Columbia”>http://eesc.columbia.edu/news-events/news/phd-program-earth-and-environmental-sciences-rated-best-overall-nrc)</p>
<p>[U</a>. of Chicago | A short summary of the 2010 NRC report](<a href=“http://news.uchicago.edu/btn/nrc.summary.php]U”>http://news.uchicago.edu/btn/nrc.summary.php)</p>
<p>[U</a>. of Michigan | National Research Council releases long-awaited assessment](<a href=“http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/100929/nrc]U”>http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/100929/nrc)</p>