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These leaders' commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

Alcino Donadel | March 13, 2023

Despite recent pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion among several states, a number of colleges have recently hired presidents based on their commitment to that principle. Several are also coming in as either the first woman or the first of their race or ethnicity to lead their school.

Represent! U.S. female college presidents shine in international report

Alcino Donadel | March 07, 2023

The number of female-led colleges and universities around the world increased this year, and America is leading the charge. Of the 48 top-ranked schools around the world helmed by a woman, 16 represent the red, white and blue, according to Times Higher Education (THE).

Ivy League isn’t everything. Here’s what we get wrong about getting a good education.

March 06, 2023

Nearly 3,000 four-year colleges and universities enroll students in America. Only about 25 of them have an admittance rate of 10% or less, which means that we’re effectively letting the 1% dominate the conversation around higher education – and not for the better. A narrative has taken hold in the public imagination that if you want a good future, […]

Defending its rankings, U.S. News claims elite universities are evading accountability

March 02, 2023

Eric Gertler, CEO and executive chairman of U.S. News & World Report, defended the publication’s contentious university rankings in an opinion piece published yesterday (Feb. 28) in the Wall Street Journal. In the past few months, more than a dozen top-ranked medical schools and at least 40 law schools, including those at Yale and Harvard, have publicly announced they will […]

U.S. News rankings out, digital marketing in?

Alcino Donadel | February 28, 2023

With Colorado and Rhode Island College of Design opting out of U.S. News Best College Rankings, a flood of other schools may follow suit. Is your school prepared to market itself effectively in the digital, consumer-first age?

Quality and attainment: 2023’s most—and least—educated states in America

Micah Ward | February 16, 2023

The five states with the highest percentage of college degree holders were also the top 10 most educated states, according to WalletHub's study. Additionally, three of the top 10 most educated states had the best university degree quality on average.

Colorado bests national education attainment goal

February 13, 2023

(Colorado News Connection) Colorado is one of just four states where more than 60 percent of adults aged 25-64 have achieved a professional certificate or degree beyond high school, according to a new Lumina Foundation report. Andrew Vidockler, assistant director of Pickens Technical College in Aurora, credits the state’s high ranking to good partnerships between local […]

UArizona named No. 1 producer of Fulbright Scholars

February 10, 2023

The University of Arizona has been ranked the nation’s top producer of Fulbright Scholars, setting a new university record for the number of faculty and researchers to receive Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards. A total of 17 UArizona faculty members and researchers received Fulbrights in 2022-2023, besting the university’s previous record of 11, set in 2020-2021. […]

Higher ed’s worst free speech offenders of 2022

Alcino Donadel | February 08, 2023

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Freedom (FIRE) selected these institutions based on some of their head-scratching decisions such as circumventing a teacher's academic freedom, removing funding from a LGBTQ+ events, instating policies that would streamline firing tenured professors, and others.

Here are the top 10 for-profit colleges in the U.S.

Alcino Donadel | February 06, 2023

Averaging the scores of for-profit college rankings from U.S. News, uniRank, and Prepler across the U.S., Yahoo News and Insider Monkey created their own list. Factoring into the rankings are faculty resources, student enrollment and retainment, school reputation, and spending per student on instruction, to name but a few.

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