That said, we continue to work with the surrounding communities and with the city to improve the quality of life for everyone in these communties. I don't propose to invest any very serious time in improving the US News and World Report ranking because it is not, in many ways, a very serious ranking. That institutions jump around in these ratings from year to year is itself evidence that they are not very serious, because no one believes that institutions change at that rate. President Don Michael Randel Internet technology is here to stay, and it will be an increasing part of the education of students here on the campus as well as of students off of it. Here, however, it can never be a substitute for direct work with transforming individuals.
Technology can only supplement that human experience.
This is but one of a number of areas in which we need to do a better job of getting a message about ourselves across to a broader public. Some of this will be through print and electronic media. For prospective students it will include urging them to come and see for themselves. Ithaca, N.Y., too. By spending 32 years in Ithaca and then telling people about it.