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Cambridge Named Best University ... Again

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:03:53 CDT

For all the Harvard grads out there, don't kick yourself—but your school has come in second around the world... again. The Independent reports that QS World University Rankings has given the prize of best university to Cambridge for the second year in a row. Filling out the top five,...

Class of 2014 Doesn't Know Cursive, and Other Facts

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:32:13 CDT

US News & World Report is ready to shock us all with its Best Colleges 2011 ranking, which places Harvard smack dab on top. Again. But—news alert!—Princeton has tumbled from tying the venerable Crimson to No. 2. That list, which you can see here , doesn't wow us quite...

Biggest Party Animals Attend Georgia

M. Morris — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:40:00 CDT

Good news for parents paying for their kids to study at the University of Georgia: The school is finally No. 1. The bad news: The Princeton Review list ranks the nation's top party schools. "UGA has been on the party school list for a while, but it’s one we prefer...

Colleges Protest US News Ranking Survey

Jane Yager — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:36:27 CDT

Each spring, US News & World Report asks college presidents to rank the reputations of other colleges—and a dozen or more presidents protest the surveys, refusing to fill them out and encouraging others to do the same. The focus this year is not only on the survey itself, a...

West Point Tops Best Colleges List

M. Morris — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:30:02 CDT

The US Military Academy tops the new Forbes list of top colleges, leapfrogging five places to bump Princeton out of the top spot. In the second annual ranking, another service academy, the Air Force's, lands in seventh place on a list that places schools according to "the quality of the...

User-Generated College Review Site Gets It Right

Clay Dillow — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:45:01 CST

A new online college guide “built for the age of YouTube and Facebook” employs user-generated content to give applicants a student's-eye-view of hundreds of schools, and Walter S. Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal likes what he sees. Unigo.com is free and ad-supported; professional editors help present reviews, videos,...

10 Most-Buzzed-About Schools

Nick McMaster — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:51:01 CDT

Institutions of higher learning care about their brand as much as any business, so the Global Language Monitor has ranked universities and colleges for the amount of buzz they command on the internet. The winners: Harvard University Columbia University University of Michigan, Ann Arbor University of California, Berkeley Stanford University

Harvard Bumps Princeton in Top Colleges List

Rob Quinn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:40:35 CDT

Harvard has reclaimed sole possession of the top spot in the ever-controversial US News and World Report rankings for the first time in 12 years. Princeton slipped to second, with Yale in third and Stanford and MIT tied for fourth spot. The magazine rates the halls of learning based on...

Georgia Tops Preseason AP Poll

Kevin Spak — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:37:00 CDT

Georgia is the top Bulldog in the AP’s preseason poll, beating out Ohio State for the leading spot. The Bulldogs wowed voters with their 41-10 thumping of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, after finishing the year with seven straight victories. The Buckeyes, meanwhile, disappointed in the championship game for the...