<p>This has little to do with whether today’s high school juniors decide to attend the University of Richmond, but I am guessing that with its new president hired away from UVA, a comfortable endowment and a better alumni giving program, Richmond can climb the ranking charts over the next decade. If we fast forward to 2019, and look at the CC list of top liberal arts colleges, I could imagine Richmond being on that list. Richmond could replace Kenyon on that list. The only thing holding Richmond back might be its “hybrid” status – part LAC, part small university – which keeps Tufts off any list.</p>