加州大学成为《华盛顿月刊》大学排名的最大赢家

在《华盛顿月刊》的新排名中，加州大学各分校在全国名列前茅。该排名依据的是学校对大众利益的贡献。

该杂志针对全国高校在三大方面的贡献作出评估，分别是：推动向上的社会流动性，推进高等教育，促进公民参与和服务的文化。

加州大学圣地亚哥分校连续六年蝉联冠军，而河滨分校也连续两年位居第二。伯克利分校，洛杉矶分校，圣塔芭芭拉分校和戴维斯分校等加州大学其他六个本科生校区都榜上有名，顺利进入前二十。

“我们很荣幸地再次获得《华盛顿月刊》给予的颇具声望的肯定，”加州大学圣地亚哥分校校长Pradeep K. Khosla说，“我们在完成教育、研究和服务的任务的同时，致力于创造公民参与的机会，开展尖端研究来解决棘手的问题，提供经济补助让我们多元化的生源获得融入上层社会的机会。”

加州大学河滨分校连续五年都名列前十，校长Kim A. Wilcox戏称他的学校“已经成为成就学生的全国楷模了”。

Wilcox说：“我们接连被《华盛顿月刊》评为10大院校之一证明了我们影响的不仅是河滨地区和南加州，而是全国范围。因为我们证明了公立学校在助燃经济增长和科学发现方面的重要性，并且为不同社会背景的学生提供了高质量的教育体验。”

《华盛顿月刊》称其标准为“独特的大学排名”，因为它强调的是衡量改变社会的力量。

它从三个方面来衡量四年制的本科院校：社会流动性（招收并输出低收入家庭的学生），研究（鼓励本科生读研，发现新的科学技术和提出创新思想），公众服务（鼓励学生回报国家）。

《华盛顿月刊》在介绍它的大学指南和排名的时候说道：“加州大学系统一如既往地凭借其本科学生的研究能力和经济背景多样性占据国内院校榜名榜的前茅”

《华盛顿月刊》重视的是社会流动性和服务，这使得它与大多数大学排名都不一样，强调了私立大学和公立大学之间的一些重要的区别。事实上，《华盛顿月刊》大学排名，前二十名中有16所大学是公立学校。

加州大学在相对传统的排名和《华盛顿月刊》分析上都获得好名次，因为全国范围内在招收大量贫困生并提供高质量的学术和研究方面可以说无人与之匹敌。

根据7月公布的加州大学年度责任报告，加州大学41%的本科生都是家族里第一个上大学的孩子，大约42%的学生有资格获得Pell Grants，该奖学金是为家庭年收入不高于55,000美元的学生设置的联邦经济资助项目。其他入选公立学校有22%的学生来自低收入家庭，入选的私立学院则只有16%的学生来自低收入家庭。

加州大学的本科毕业生占本州总数的40%，而科学，技术和工程，数学等方面的博士则占到了全州总数的70%。

加州大学系统中，每天平均有五项发明。2014年一年，学校众多的研究成果帮助了70家新公司初露头角。这些都有学生参与的影子。

加州大学的学生在国内外都参与了公众服务。加州大学历史上是Peace Corps的主要发起人。其中六所分校都位于2015年Peace Corps志愿者数量排行榜前20。

UC dominates Washington Monthly's college rankings

University of California campuses are among the nation's very best when it comes to how well they serve the public interest, according to new rankings from Washington Monthly.

The magazine assessed universities and colleges across the country for how well they promote upward social mobility, advance higher learning and foster a culture of civic engagement and service.

UC San Diego topped the list for the sixth straight year, while UC Riverside repeated its No. 2 ranking for the third consecutive year. Six other UC undergraduate campuses also made the list with UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and UC Davis placing among the top 20.

“It is an honor to once again receive this prestigious recognition from Washington Monthly,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “Through our mission of education, research and service, we are committed to creating civic engagement opportunities, producing cutting-edge research that solves critical problems and providing financial aid to enable upward social mobility for our diverse student body.”

UC Riverside made the top 10 for the fifth consecutive year, and Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox said his campus “has become a national model for student success.”

“Our continued ranking by Washington Monthly as one of the nation’s top 10 universities is confirmation of that," Wilcox said. "We are making an impact not just in Riverside and in Southern California, but across the country, as we demonstrate the importance of the public university in fueling economic growth and scientific discovery while providing a quality educational experience to a diverse population of students.”

Washington Monthly calls its criteria “a different kind of college ranking,” because of its emphasis on metrics that have the power to transform society.

It measured four-year undergraduate universities in three areas: social mobility (recruiting and graduating students from low-income families), research (preparing undergraduates for graduate school and discovering new technologies and creating ideas) and public service (encouraging students to give back to their country).

“As it has in previous years, the University of California system dominates our national university rankings, with a combination of research prowess and economic diversity among undergraduates,” Washington Monthly said in the introduction to its College Guide and Rankings.

Washington Monthly's focus on social mobility and service sets it apart from most other college rankings and elevates some of the important differences between public and private universities. In fact, 16 of Washington Monthly’s top 20 national universities are public institutions.

UC tends to do very well in both more traditional rankings and in Washington Monthly's analysis because it is virtually unmatched anywhere in the country for serving large numbers of students from low-income families while also offering academic and research excellence.

About 41 percent of UC undergraduates are the first in their families to attend college, and about 42 percent are eligible for Pell Grants, the federal financial aid program for students from families with annual incomes of $55,000 or less. Other selective public universities average 22 percent low-income students, and selective private universities average 16 percent, according to UC’s annual Accountability Report, which was released in July.

UC produces 40 percent of the undergraduate degrees awarded in California and 70 percent of the doctorate degrees in science, technology, engineering and math.

Many of those students are contributing to the five inventions a day that UC produces and to the research that helped launch 70 startup California companies in 2014.

Students at all UC campuses perform public service in their communities and around the world. UC historically hasbeen a leading producer of Peace Corps volunteers. Six campuses were among the top 20 universities for producing Peace Corps volunteers for 2015.