NYTimes: "New Cachet to Next Tier"

[mmom]

<p>"Ivy League Crunch Brings New Cachet to Next Tier"</p>

<p>"Call them second-tier colleges (a phrase some administrators despise) or call them the new Ivies (this, they can live with). Twenty-five to 40 universities like Lehigh, traditionally perceived as being a notch below the most elite, have seen their cachet climb because of the astonishing competitive crush at the top."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/education/16admissions.html?em&ex=1179460800&en=7cdd0acfae77c631&ei=5087%0A%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/education/16admissions.html?em&ex=1179460800&en=7cdd0acfae77c631&ei=5087%0A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

[jcll2002]

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