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Public confidence in higher education plummets by 20% in 8 years

Alcino Donadel | July 10, 2023

Confidence in the higher education system has dropped by double-digit numbers among all groups, except for Democrats, who were one point shy, Gallup found.

International university ranking: 8 U.S. universities feature in the top 15

Alcino Donadel | July 09, 2023

Berkeley and Cornell climbed 7 and 17 spots, respectively, to make the shortlist. MIT sits at #1 for the 12th time in the 20 editions of Quacquarelli Symonds' world ranking.

MIT chancellor: What are the challenges facing higher education?

UB Custom Publishing | June 27, 2023

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Melissa Nobles on diversity and equal opportunity in the US education system. As the United States Supreme Court considers the role of race in college admissions, we explore the many challenges facing education with the first African American woman to lead one of the world's highest-ranked institutions. The alumni and faculty […]

More than 40% of today's online students are previous college stop-outs: report

Alcino Donadel | June 25, 2023

A new report by Wiley found that half of today's online students had previously stopped out of a college-level degree or program and one-third are first-generation students.

Money Magazine rewards 34 colleges with 5-star ranking, prioritizing ROI and graduation rates

Alcino Donadel | June 22, 2023

Money Magazine revamped its ranking due to the changing needs of average Americans looking for the best investment based on what they personally value amid higher education's inflated price tag.

Opinion: A simple way to democratize higher education

UB Custom Publishing | June 21, 2023

It is an open secret that the most selective U.S. colleges largely admit the children of the wealthy. Graduates of these colleges go on to be greatly overrepresented among the ranks of the economic and political elite. It is a system that perpetuates class hierarchy within and across generations. Public shaming will do little to change it. To […]

President moves: Some are homegrown, others served public departments

Alcino Donadel | June 15, 2023

It's almost a fantasy to think one can be selected to not only lead a school but do so in one's home state. One hired and one retired president live that reality.

Ghosts of Mississippi: Since last June, 7 presidents have stepped down in the state

Alcino Donadel | June 11, 2023

Only two institutions have named a full-time successor since, leaving a considerable chunk of the Magnolia State's colleges and universities with vacant seats in executive leadership.

Here is every state's most LGBTQ-friendly college

Alcino Donadel | June 07, 2023

Best Colleges compiled data available from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and Campus Pride's Index Score to map out the most LGBTQ-friendly institutions in the country.

Columbia University no longer submitting data to US News college ranking

UB Custom Publishing | June 06, 2023

Columbia University announced Tuesday that it will no longer submit data to U.S. News and World Report for its rankings of undergraduate schools. "We remain concerned with the role that rankings have assumed in the undergraduate application process, both in the outsized influence they may play with prospective students, and in how they distill a […]

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