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March
17, 2003 |
Capital Region Rank Third in Nation as
“Best Places With the Best Education”
 The
Albany-Schenectady-Troy area was ranked third in the nation in
Forbes.com’s “Best Places With the Best Education”
list.
The ranking was based on David Savageau’s
Places Rated Almanac, Millennium Edition, which critiqued 354
regions across the country based on a number of factors including
cost of living, crime, climate, degrees offered by local institutions,
and college options for area residents. “[Places Rated Almanac’s]
list of America’s best and worst educational communities
should be required reading for the parents of any school-age child,”
reads the Forbes.com article that accompanies the ranking.
Only the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C., and
Boston areas rated higher than the Capital Region in Savageau’s
evaluation. The St. Louis; Chicago; Rochester, N.Y.; Austin-San
Marcos, Texas; San Francisco; Washington, D.C.; and Dayton-Springfield,
Ohio communities placed fourth through 10th on the list, respectively.
 The
Forbes.com article specifically cites the area as an
example of a region that has “established [educational]
institutions that offer long-term value to the community.”
Capital Region colleges and universities make the area particularly
attractive, Savageau told Forbes.com, because they provide a fertile
environment that encourages learning, employs a large number of
residents, and is unlikely to endure layoffs.
To read the entire piece, go to http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2003/02
/14/cx_bs_0214home.html.
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