When choosing a college or http://www.emilysnews.space/ university most people start their research by looking at college rankings. One of the most popular is done by U.S. News and World Report and it is often considered a bible in the college application process. While U.S. News and World Report has several rankings including the best engineering and business programs, it does not have a ranking for undergraduate chemistry programs. Other rankings exist for chemistry programs like that of the National Research Council (NRC) or Science Watch, which ranks programs based on their published scholarly articles. Bear in mind that these rankings are for graduate study of chemistry, which is a completely different experience from undergraduate study and therefore with a completely different set of requirements. Since there is so much confusing information out there how do we figure out the top chemistry college? One of the most popular and widely respected rankings for chemistry programs is done by the National Research Council, which ranks all research doctoral programs in the U.S. Some may argue that the best chemistry graduate programs will also have the best chemistry undergraduate programs.

While this ranking gives you the best schools with the best research teams in the country (albeit 15 years old), it is not a good measure of a successful undergraduate chemistry program. This is largely because undergraduate and graduate students typically have different needs. The best chemistry graduate programs are usually at large research universities, with many undergraduate students, where it is possible for an individual undergraduate student to feel lost. The graduate programs on the other hand are usually smaller and the students get personal attention. Therefore, it is more prudent that as an undergraduate you attend a smaller school or a school with a much smaller program. Another popular, although more controversial, ranking of chemistry programs is done by Dr. Jack Gourman, who publishes the Gourman Report, a ranking of undergraduate programs. Here is the 1993 ranking of undergraduate chemistry programs in the sixth edition of the Gourman Report. While the Gourman Report is popular among high school seniors and their college counselors, it has been criticized for its many shortfalls, including the fact that Dr. Gourman does not disclose his method for arriving at his results.

The published reports are difficult to come by and are quite expensive. The original reports are not available on the web. The best approach to deciding the best chemistry program for you, which in itself is a very personal process, is to use all of these rankings as guides but not as a set of rules to follow. There are still many intangibles that you need to pay attention to that all add up to a successful undergraduate experience. Things like whether you feel at home and a sense of community at a particular school. What kind of support outside of the classroom will you get? Will you be nurtured and will your research be encouraged? Will you get to build personal one-on-one mentoring relationships with faculty? Another ranking that will help in this regard is the U.S. News and World Report rankings of the best schools for undergraduate research. At these schools students work on their own research or creative projects while being mentored by a faculty member. The result is often a scholarly paper or public presentation of their research. Here is the 2010 ranking showing the top 10 schools in this category. If you care so much about chemistry, chances are that you will want to go beyond the bachelor’s degree. There is no better way to demonstrate to graduate school admissions committees that you are ready for research than doing your own undergraduate research. Another list worthy of consideration is that of top chemistry colleges profiled in former New York Times education editor Loren Pope’s famous book Colleges that Change Lives.

In every society, art and politics do not always move along too well. While in some political circumstances art is considered as a tool for achieving certain political strategies, in other instances, art is viewed as an enemy of State (government). This is for two obvious reasons. The first reason is that, political activities like campaigns, rallies and other similar events make use of art forms like posters, printing of t-shirts, banners, bill boards etc, to achieve the maximum results in the set goals of such events. The second reason is somehow contrary to the first one discussed above. This is because when artists produced works that do not speak well of the policies of an existing government, political leaders consider art an enemy. For example, the cartoons in the newspaper dailies or other periodical publications draw on critical issues that affect the masses which government is refusing to give attention to.

A cartoon drawn to ignite or provoke one's thought on the issue of resource control in the Niger Delta, for instance, will depict leaders robust and healthy while the suffering masses would be portrayed in helpless and poverty stricken conditions. The images would be satirically represented to amuse and yet draw attention to an issue of critical need to the society. Political leaders in the helm of affairs do consider such cartoons or art works as a set up to sabotage their governments or regimes. Considering the two opposite sides presented above, art and politics are intermittently in conflict. This is because, where genuine art practice thrives, political leaders do not find it easy to manipulate or cheat the suffering masses without art leaking their (politicians') evil plans/secrets. This is likely to be the reason why most governments or political regimes undermine the art sector for fear of not being used against it. In view of that, cultural policies which could bring a positive turn-around as well as foster the growth and development of art in a nation are either frustrated or given no attention. This is practically unhealthy not only for the progress of art but also for the entire cultural development of a region. Art is an important element of culture and if it suffers, the culture of that region would also suffer irrecoverably.