Shut Down West Point and the War Colleges

[Shek]

tuition and room/board is paid by the taxpayer, and employment is guaranteed upon graduation.

Indentured servitude?

[AmericanPride]

The difference is that indentured servants incurred a debt prior to their labor commitment, while West Pointers agree to exchange X years in the Army for an education and a job. If other universities could gurantee employment after graduation, I'm sure their numbers would increase too.

[jkm_101_fso]

I did not see AMU on that list. Since that is who I am getting my BA through I was kind of hoping that they would be near the top. I will have to assume that it was an oversight.

SFC W

I'm slogging through an AMU Master's. I hear ya. BTW, I'm not a West Pointer.

[h2harris]

U.S. News and World Report university rankings for 2010 have been released.
As was the case last year, West Point has again been ranked as the #1 Public
Liberal Arts College, and tied for #14 overall Liberal Arts College, in the
nation.

In the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs category, West Point was
ranked #4 overall, with our Civil Engineering Program #2, Mechanical #8, and
Electrical #9.

Using last year's reported data, High School counselors also ranked Liberal
Arts schools, with West Point coming in #3 in "best education for students."

This is from the August 20, 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report,
currently available on newsstands.

See:

http://rankings.usnews.com/best-coll...rts-top-public

Larry D. Smith, '62
wpp-net moderator
SMITH Larry Dennis 1962 23969 K1 <Larry.Smith@west-point.org>

At least some people like the Old Gray Line - h2harris