to manipulate" by basing it on the actual demonstrated preferences of highly meritorious students. Wesleyan was listed on the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's 2016 "10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech".
Washington Monthly ranked Wesleyan third in 2022, out of 203 liberal arts colleges in the U.S., based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.
In 2019 Kiplinger ranked Wesleyan 16th of the 149 best value liberal arts colleges in the United States.
== Libraries ==
Olin Memorial Library has more than 1.8 million volumes and approximately 10,000 serial subscriptions. Wesleyan's first library was Rich Hall (now '92 Theater), which was built just after the Civil War. Olin Library was designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White, built 1925–1927, and dedicated in 1928.
The second largest library on campus is the Science Library, which houses over two hundred fifty thousand volumes.
The Art Library is housed on the second floor of Olin …
