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UC Irvine Remains Top U.S. University under 50 Years Old; UT Dallas Makes Big Gains
The Times Higher Education: Top Universities in the World Under 50 Years Old publication was released today, and the same U.S. institutions that made the list in 2012 also appear in the latest edition, with UC Irvine at the top. … Continue reading
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At UVA You Can Be Both and Echols Scholar AND a Jefferson Scholar
In our book, A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs, the Echols Scholars program at the University of Virginia ranked number two in Overall Excellence and number six in the category of Honors Factors Only. (Please see our Methodology … Continue reading
Western Kentucky Honors College: Regional Excellence, International Impact
The Honors College at Western Kentucky University came to our attention while we were doing our regular review of the number of prestigious national scholarships won by public universities, such as Truman, Goldwater and Fulbright awards. For this and other … Continue reading
UNC Chapel Hill Honors Students Win Eight Major Awards in 2012-2013
Editor’s Note: The following is from UNC Chapel Hill: The 2012-2013 academic year has been fruitful for students who participated in Honors Carolina offerings and pursued national scholarships. Honors Carolina student Rachel Myrick won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship last fall, … Continue reading
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Rhode Island Honors Prof Receives Sondheim Teaching Award
Editor’s Note: This post was generated by the University of Rhode Island, contact Dave Lavallee. In the last 21 years, students have sent so many letters of appreciation to University of Rhode Island Professor Cheryl Foster that they fill a … Continue reading
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IU Hutton Honors College Student Wins $20,000 Award
Editor’s Note: The post below is from the Hutton Honors College site. Indiana University junior and HHC student David Bloom has received the 2013 Palmer-Brandon Prize in the Humanities, one of the most prestigious awards given by the College of … Continue reading
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RIT President on Deficiencies of College Rankings
Bill Destler, president of Rochester Institute of Technology, recently posted on the Huff Post College Page that college rankings are universally deficient because of their focus on “inputs” such as SAT scores and high school gpa’s. He might well have … Continue reading
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Tagged bill destler rpi, college rankings, deficiencies in college rankings, forbes rankings, us news college rankings
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Payscale.Com: Top Public Universities for Return on Investment
Although we have written frequently about the inherent value of a college education and the downside of looking at a degree only in terms of the financial rewards to recipients, there is no question that many, if not most, parents … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Return on investment colleges, Payscale colleges with best ROI, which colleges have best roi
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University of Georgia Honors Students: High Achievement in Prestigious Awards
In reviewing honors programs, we maintain stats on “prestigious scholarships”–Rhodes, Marshall, Gates, Truman, Goldwater, Udall, among others–which are won by students of leading state universities. Often, we cannot tell how many of those awards are earned by honors students at … Continue reading