Getting into Top Colleges is Crazy Hard
The Hill: At the most prestigious public institutions, admission rates hover in the 10- to 20-percent range, a tier of selectivity once...
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Beth & Tim Manners
- Jan 22, 2021
- 1 min
Brag Sheet: What UC is What You Get
The Los Angeles Times: "Every college has its brag sheet. But the University of California has taken it to a whole new level with a...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Dec 8, 2020
- 1 min
Which College Cities Are Tops?
Pennlive: "A Pennsylvanian city has been named as one of the top college places in the U.S. However, it’s not the home of Penn State...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
Top 25: Alumni Rate their Alma Maters
Forbes: "Have you ever wondered what the top colleges and universities would look like if they were ranked based on alumni ratings?...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Sep 29, 2020
- 1 min
Survey Ranks Colleges for 'Free Speech'
Fire: "The Ivy League offers students sterling credentials, but is miserly when it comes to offering them free speech — try the...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
By State: Which College is Toughest?
USA Today: "24/7 Wall St. reviewed admissions data across thousands of four-year, degree-granting institutions from the National Center...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Dec 19, 2019
- 1 min
Which Colleges Are Most Underrated?
Patch: "The University of Mary Washington lacks huge brand recognition but employs a roster of top-notch professors and offers a...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Dec 18, 2019
- 1 min
The College Cost v. Quality Conundrum
Forbes: "It turns out the cost of a college does not predict higher alumni ratings about the quality of their education," according to a...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Nov 1, 2019
- 1 min
Guess Who? 10 Most Innovative Colleges
Reuters: "For the fifth year running, Stanford University tops Reuters’ ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Universities, a list that...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Mar 4, 2019
- 2 min
Forbes Ranks Schools For International Students
Forbes: “Though America still hosts over a million foreign learners, first-time international undergraduates in the U.S. sank 6.6% in...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Jan 18, 2019
- 1 min
Who’s The Most Selective Of Them All?
Not surprising, the top five are: Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Yale and Princeton. You can review the complete list here.
Beth & Tim Manners
- Jan 9, 2019
- 2 min
UMass: ‘ZooMass’ No More?
The Boston Globe: “In boosting its academic profile, UMass is following the path previously taken by several local private colleges,...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Dec 12, 2018
- 1 min
Which ‘College Towns’ Are Best?
Mlive: “The personal finance website Wallethub has once again named the home of the University of Michigan the best small college town in...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Dec 5, 2018
- 1 min
The Top 10 ‘Most Underrated’ Colleges
Boston.com: “CollegeVine, a Cambridge-based college guidance company, recently examined the ‘most underrated’ colleges in the United...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Oct 15, 2018
- 1 min
Stanford Study Says Rankings Don’t Matter
Inside Higher Ed: “A new study from researchers at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education examines all of the evidence about...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Sep 26, 2018
- 1 min
Late & Great: Mel Elfin
The New York Times: “Mel Elfin, a longtime Washington bureau chief for Newsweek who moved to the rival U.S. News & World Report in 1986...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Sep 13, 2017
- 1 min
US News Announces 2018 Rankings
US News: “Princeton University is No. 1 for Best National Universities for the seventh year in a row. For the 15th consecutive year,...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Sep 6, 2017
- 1 min
UK Universities Top Global Rankings
The Wall Street Journal: “Oxford and Cambridge, the intellectual one-two punch of the U.K., took the first and second spots in the 2018...
Beth & Tim Manners
- Oct 21, 2016
- 1 min
Ranking the Return on Your College Investment
The New York Times: “Earnings data are finding their way into a proliferating number of mainstream college rankings, shifting the...
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