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25 Colleges with the Best Professors

on February 26, 2013 in Academic quality, Academics, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

Where do the best college professors teach? This is an important question, particularly when you consider that traditional college professors are disappearing. Less than one out of three teachers on college campuses today are tenured or on the tenured track. Most college students today are being taught primarily by graduate students and part-time faculty. (See [...]

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Can College Rankings Giant Keep Schools from Cheating?

on February 6, 2013 in Admissions, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

The steady trickle of colleges and universities that have admitted to fudging the figures that they send to U.S. News & World Report could end up changing the college rankings submission rules. In an interview published today in Inside Higher Ed, Brian Kelly, the editor and chief content officer at U.S. News, said that the [...]

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Surprise: Where Harvard Law Students Got Their Undergrad Degrees

on October 10, 2012 in Academic quality, Academics, California universities, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Graduate degrees, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

Today I’m passing along a fascinating list that comes from Harvard Law School. The list you see below includes the 261 colleges and universities where members of the Class of 2013 law school students come from. Michelle Kretzschmur, the creator of Do-It-Yourself College Rankings sent me the link to the list because she knows how [...]

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50 Schools That Produce the Most Science and Engineering PhD’s

on October 3, 2012 in Academic majors, Academics, College rankings, Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

Note: I ran this college blog post last year, but it’s equally relevant today… I got an email this week from a California mother who was happy that her child would be a attending St. Mary’s College of Maryland, a wonderful public liberal arts college, in the fall. Her husband, however, remained skeptical. He worried [...]

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How U.S. News’ College Rankings Can Hurt You

on September 12, 2012 in Admission practices, Admissions, College rankings, Evaluating Schools, Research

Note: I will be conducting my quarterly college workshops through the University of California, San Diego Extension on Sept. 22 and 29. Please scroll to the bottom of this post to learn more. Lynn O. At midnight East Coast time, U.S. News & World Report released its 2013 college rankings. And what a shocker – [...]

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A New Tool to Explore Colleges

on August 29, 2012 in College rankings, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Research

I’m always excited when I run across a new resource to help families research colleges. Today I’m happy to share a valuable one from The Chronicle of Higher Education. College Completion is a microsite within the website of the higher-ed trade publication. I mentioned the tool briefly in this recent college blog post: 12 Ways [...]

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