<p>They have 11 anthro profs. That's a lot. Does this reference the strength of their dept.? In constrast to Beloit college, which is supposed to be good in anthro, Beloit has 6.</p>
<p>If PhD production is a good indicator of department strength, then Grinnell has a strong department. See: </p>
<p>[REED</a> COLLEGE PHD PRODUCTIVITY](<a href=“http://www.reed.edu/ir/phd.html]REED”>Doctoral Degree Productivity - Institutional Research - Reed College)</p>
<p>Beloit is second, Grinnell is third.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how good of an indicator PhD production is of a high-quality dept.?</p>
<p>The anthro department here is pretty strong. I have a few friends that are anthro majors and adore it.</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that one of the professors that is technically in the anthro department is really the linguistics professor. With linguistics being such a tiny concentration that is just recently being revived, she was placed into anthro.</p>
<p>And yet, I’m pretty sure I’ve read that Grinnell is strong in PhD production in Linguistics, even without a major.</p>
<p>It is! The concentration is getting stronger now, with the new professor and classes, and there’s been several independent linguistics majors.</p>
<p>Well, I’m going to check my status in the next few minutes…I’m predicting rejection.</p>