This year’s rankings place greater emphasis on the results that education can bring. Accordingly, updates were made to the methodology and supporting content to prioritize outcomes for prospective students. Additionally, U.S. News issued new rankings of graduate programs in other popular academic disciplines. These include chemistry, computer science, physics and public affairs. Because each program is different, the rankings methodologies vary by […]

Conservatives say universities are at the center of a “Great Awokening” that indoctrinates students into lefty viewpoints on race and gender. Pulling back on tenure is “often presented as bids to rein in academics with liberal views,” The Associated Press reports. But there are other factors at play, AP notes: University budgets are getting tighter, and institutions are […]

With a smaller pool of available students, a growing wake of attention to mental health and a swelling public skepticism of higher education, these small private college and university leaders in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Maine are redefining their job to guide their schools in murky waters.