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, 20211 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20161 min read
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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