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College presidents are a fairly unflappable lot, but nothing gets their goat quite like the issue of rankings. Take a complex institution, crunch it down into a single number, and the adjectives start flying: "Silly." "Snotty." "Scandalous." Echoing many of his peers, Robert Weisbuch, president of Drew University, blames the...
Because in the race for consumers - er, students- few colleges, no matter how well endowed, are willing to risk their prestige by dropping out of what has become a hugely influential beauty contest, U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings. Like many magazines - this one included - U.S. News compiles...
The positions migrants are filling, economists say, are either ones that locals don't want or new positions altogether. In fact, the infusion of educated labor drove growth in host countries' most dynamic sectors. Izabela Chudzicka, 26, arrived with a diploma in economics and now stars in her own Polish...
The study’s results will help educators to answer the important question of whether or not students’ writing actually improves during their time at Harvard. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors who sign up for the study online will receive $50 for writing a 90-minute essay and...
Forget 4/20. This year it’s all about 4/22 (aka “Earth Day”). “The good thing about Earth Day is that environmental activism can be dismal in a way, but it’s a good time to celebrate the earth...