Note to readers arriving from the following link to our site in The Atlantic piece titled “The Tyranny of the College Major.” We appreciate the defense of the General Education standards offered by the author of the Atlantic piece, but his suggestion that honors colleges allow students to skip Gen Ed classes by applying AP credits is not accurate. Some honors colleges and programs allow this to occur, but many, perhaps most, either require honors Gen Ed courses to meet the Gen Ed requirements of the university or require honors students to take electives, usually upper division, in place of the Gen Ed courses.
UPCOMING HONORS APPLICATION DEADLINES:
March 1: ASU Barrett (“late deadline”), Clemson (Calhoun), Colorado State, Illinois Chicago, Illinois State (scholarship deadline), Missouri, New Jersey Inst Tech, Nebraska, Temple
April 1: Houston, Illinois State (app deadline), Iowa, Iowa State, Oklahoma, University at Albany
May 1: Arizona, New Mexico, UCLA (separate honors application)
Honors Faculty and Administrative Jobs
Now We Are Also Following 15 Regional University Honors Program
What’s It Worth? The Economic Value of a College Major
Former Missouri Honors Researcher Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Public Universities Have 27 New Members in the National Academy of Engineering
UT Austin Plan II Honors Senior Wins Outstanding Student Award
Half of 2014-2015 Churchill Scholars Are from Public Universities
What’s the Point of an Honors College? Creativity, Idealism, Genuine Excellence
Dear Congress: Don’t Plunder the Current Pell Grant Surplus
U.S. News Takes Another Shot at Public Universities
Merit Aid: Publics that Fund at least 50% of Tuition and Fees
Kiplinger Best Value Colleges 2014: Biggest Gainers among Publics
PSAT National Merit Qualifying Scores and SAT Equivalencies, by State
Marshall Scholars 2014: Public University Honors Students Win 8 Awards
U at Buffalo Student Adds a Marshall Scholarship to His Goldwater Award
Clemson Calhoun Honors Student Combines Engineering with Global Studies
U.S. News: Major Public Universities with Highest Freshman Retention Rates
Surprise: Public Universities Have the Best Academic Departments
Auburn Honors College Student Wins Marshall Scholarship
Schreyer Honors College: A Parent’s Perspective
Arkansas Honors Alum Wins Marshall Scholarship
MSU Honors Student Nominated for Three Major Awards
A Methodology Change: We Will Have More Expansive Data for Prestigious Scholarships
Best Public Universities for Study-Abroad Scholarships
Michigan, ASU, Rutgers, UT Austin Lead in 2013-2014 Fulbright Student Awards
Based on Academic Reputation Alone, Publics Would Be Higher in U.S. News Rankings
Fall 2014 Application Deadlines for Public University Honors Programs
Times Higher Ed World University Rankings 2013-2014
U.S. News Best Undergrad Business 2014: Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Maryland Gain the Most
U.S. News 2014 Rankings: Lots of Changes for Public Universities
U.S. Has 24 of Top 50 Engineering and Technology Universities in the World
Washington Monthly Rankings: A Strong Resource for Families Earning $75,000 or Less
Princeton Review 2013 Best Public Values: UVA, UNC Chapel Hill
Forbes Rankings 2013: A Mild Shift to Publics
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2014 Lists 18 Public Universities as Best Values
College Scorecard–Net Tuition Costs After Aid
Business Insider’s Fifty Best Colleges According to Readers
Business Week: Best Public B-Schools Are Virginia, Michigan, Texas, North Carolina
Welcome to the Public University Honors site! This is the only site on the web that is devoted entirely to the evaluation and discussion of public university honors programs and public honors colleges. Please visit the pages on the menu above, and then check out the monthly archives for interesting and valuable information about fifty leading public university honors programs. You can also put in a school name in the “Search this Site” box above the Twitter feed on the upper right side of this page and go directly to the posts that mention the school.
Many people start out with the “Top Honors Programs” page, above, or “Rankings, Academic Departments,” or “College Value–Public Honors vs. Private Elites,” or the post Surprise: Public Universities Have the Best Academic Departments. “
If you decide you need even more information than the partial lists on some of our pages, you might be interested in purchasing our book (Yes, We Have a Book) that has detailed stats and narrative profiles for all fifty programs. Before you purchase the book, we urge you to spend some time reviewing the “Methodology” page above.
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