Category Archives: Honors Research

Advice for the Successful Honors Student: Get (Deeply) Involved in Research

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Honorsadmin
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Editor’s Note:  Thanks to Hutton Honors at Indiana University for providing this update showing how important undergrad research is for graduate school admission and for employment opportunities.  Honors students engaged in intensive research endeavors are attractive to top graduate schools … Continue reading →

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UT Austin: $310 Million for Engineering Research and Student Projects

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Honorsadmin
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The Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin has launched a $310 million project to build the Engineering Education and Research Center , which will include 23,000 square feet of space for engineering students to create and develop hands-on projects. … Continue reading →

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Public University Faculty Awards in Science

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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Recently, the American Academy for the Advancement of Science, publisher of the prestigious journal Science, released the names of just over 700 U.S. faculty members who had been named fellows of the AAAS.  Below is a partial breakdown, showing the … Continue reading →

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Are Florida’s Leaders Inviting Another Catastrophe–This Time in Higher Ed?

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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Florida, in the news once again for its election woes, is also joining Texas and Virginia in the race to see how much havoc meddling university board members can create in the name of “reform.” In Florida, the most controversial … Continue reading →

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Leading Public Universities for Undergraduate Research

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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We are about to head out to Boston for the annual conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), and one of the most exciting features of the conference is the presentation of undergraduate research by honors students from across … Continue reading →

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STEM Majors: Faculty Reputation May Be Especially Important

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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From time to time we become mildly wonkish and write about the implications of some of our data, including information that we did not include in A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs. Recently, we have been looking at … Continue reading →

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The Value of Honors Contract Courses: It Depends

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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Some honors programs and colleges make liberal use of honors contract courses, which allow a student to receive honors credit for taking a non-honors class if the student and professor agree on additional requirements–often a paper or research project–and honors … Continue reading →

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UMass Amherst: Public Excellence Amid Private Elites

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst has the unenviable challenge of carving out its own place of prominence amid some of the most elite private universities in the entire world. There is growing evidence that the university, along with its Commonwealth … Continue reading →

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World University Rankings 2011-2012: the Top Publics

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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Note: there is a new post for the current rankings at Times Higher Ed World University Rankings 2012-2013: The Top Publics on this site. According to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, UC Berkeley is 10th in the … Continue reading →

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University of Washington Honors Program: Best Overall in the West

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Honorsadmin
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The University of Washington Honors Program is the best overall among those in the Pacific Coast states, according to our recent publication, A Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs. UW Honors ranks 6th in the major category of Overall … Continue reading →

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