National Recognition

• Bradley was ranked ninth among regional colleges or universities in the Midwest in the 1995 America's Best Colleges Guide prepared by U.S. News & World Report.

• Bradley was also ranked ninth among regional colleges or universities in the Midwest as a ``Best Value'' by U.S. News & World Report.

• In 1993, Bradley enrolled more National Merit Scholars than the University of Illinois, Notre Dame, Purdue, the University of Michigan, or Johns Hopkins University.

• In 1994, three graduating seniors were awarded Fulbright Scholarships for study abroad.

• Bradley's speech team has been called by the Associated Press ``the nation's dominant college speech team.'' In the spring of 1994 the team won the National Forensics Association Tournament for the seventh consecutive year and took second place honors in the American Forensics Association Tournament.

• As part of the Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program in 1993-94, 11 papers co-authored by students and faculty have been published and 27 have delivered at professional conferences.

• Of the 105 colleges of business which have accredited undergraduate, graduate, and accounting programs, the Foster College of Business Administration at Bradley becomes the 21st named college of business administration in the nation, joining such schools as the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania, the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth, and the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University.