We're So Money

In an article on measuring how much college students learn US News & World Report had the following to say:

The state of Texas also requires its public colleges to release more data. In a recent report, the state announced that the tiny University of Texas of the Permian Basin in Odessa far outperformed the larger UT campuses in El Paso and Dallas on the Collegiate Learning Assessment. What's more, Permian Basin also had a greater percentage of students either employed or enrolled in a graduate program within a year after graduation for every year between 2001 and 2004, when compared with its counterparts in El Paso and Dallas.

This follows on the heels of Newsweek showing that they really, really like us as well.

I have nothing to add.

Well, ok, maybe one thing. In the summer after my first year at UTPB one senior historian who does not hold an academic position (but who does have a blog) and with whom I had a rather heated argument over email decided to take a shot at my university. He wrote "I would rather not have a job than teach at that little third-rate institution." Wish granted: he still does not hold an academic position. My "little third-rate institution," however, seems to be doing quite nicely.