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On Tuesday, June 19, 2007, following a meeting of the Annapolis Group, which represents over 100 liberal arts colleges, Sarah Lawrence announced that it would join others who had previously signed the letter to college presidents asking them not to participate in the " reputation survey " section of the U. S. News and World Report survey ( this section comprises 25 % of the ranking ).

Myers commented on this in a 20 June 2007 article for The New York Times by stating, " they will do what they will do, we will do what we will do.

And we want to do it in a principled way.

" Myers also indicated in a press release for Sarah Lawrence that the college will be involved in developing the new database of colleges discussed in the Annapolis Group statement as they " believe in accountability and openness, and that the public has a right to solid and reliable information about the important decisions involved in choosing a college.

" The press release also indicated that Sarah Lawrence " plans not to participate in the peer reputational survey or data collection for U. S. News and World Report ’ s rankings " as, according to Myers, " by submitting data and the peer reputation survey we have tacitly been endorsing these rankings all the information we have provided to U. S. News in the past will be available to the public through other channels.