Posts Tagged: rankings

A New Way to Rank Colleges: What Percentage of Students Vote?

Posted April 16th, 2018 by John O. Harney & filed under Admissions, College Readiness, Commentary, Demography, Economy, Financing, International, Regionalism, Schools, Students, Technology, The Journal, Trends.

The recent March for Our Lives at hundreds of locations around the globe rattled my cage, particularly as I stood in the middle of hundreds of thousands of protesters in Washington, DC. Had we finally found a way to increase activism, to get more and more people of all ages and stages involved in the well-being of their communities? As I listened to the young speakers both over the loudspea...

Four New England Universities Make Kiplinger’s Best Value List

Posted January 6th, 2011 by wlindsay & filed under Newslink, Newslink Topic, Newslink Type.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine announced the “Best Values in Public Colleges 2011," its annual ranking of 100 public colleges and universities in the U.S.Four New England institutions are on the list: the University of Connecticut, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of New Hampshire and the University of Vermont. Among the 100 public colleges in terms of value for...