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Baylor Backs Off Plan Offering Perks to Retake SAT

Baylor University, facing sharp criticism for paying already-admitted students to retake the SAT and try to boost their scores, said Thursday it “goofed” and would probably end the practice.

October 16, 2008

Leadership & Policy

It’s All About Degrees Conferred

College rankings have always been a bit controversial, but over the last year debates over such lists, particularly U.S. News’ rankings, have really heated up.

June 11, 2008

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Study: Colleges Should Be Evaluated on Campus Climate

A campus’ social climate for tolerance and its treatment of women and minorities aren’t criteria that factor in traditional college rankings, but they probably should be.

April 1, 2008

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2007: A Year In Review

The most high-profile story of the year touching the higher education community was undisputedly the killings at Virginia Tech in April when student Seung-Hui Cho opened fire, leaving 33 people dead, including himself.

December 26, 2007

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Film on Wiley College Debate Team Scores Victory

: “The Great Debaters,” a Black college-based historical drama starring Denzel Washington, renders rousing justice to the legacy of Wiley College’s 1935 national championship debating team. What’s interesting about “The Great Debaters” is not so much the debating mechanics and strategy, but how the debate topics are used to illuminate the Black condition in 1930s America.

December 18, 2007

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Report: US Slips in Gender Equality Survey; Muslim Countries at Bottom

NEW YORK The United States slipped in this year’s scorecard measuring equality between women and men while Nordic countries remained at the top of the list and Muslim countries at the bottom.

November 8, 2007

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Moves Up in Research Rankings

MADISON, Wis. University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving up in the national research rankings.

November 8, 2007

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Survey: U.S. Back on Top in Economic Competitiveness Ranking

GENEVA The United States has regained its status as the world’s most competitive economy thanks to strong innovation and excellent universities, according to a survey released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.

October 30, 2007

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Perspectives: Using White Privilege To Rank Black Colleges

Just over a month ago, days after U.S. News & World Report released the “America’s Best Colleges” rankings, editor Brian Kelly was in Little Rock, Ark., to lecture at the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas.

October 13, 2007

Leadership & Policy

New HBCU Rankings Get Mixed Reviews

U.S. News & World Report has launched a new ranking series, “America’s Best Black Colleges,” which ranks historically Black colleges and universities separately but by using the same methodology as its annual “America’s Best Colleges” rankings.

October 2, 2007

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Diverse Letters

Underestimating Diversity in AcademiaThe value of diversity in academia is underestimated and institutions need to recognize that even a mature organization loses some of its shared vision if shared experiences are not accessible (see “Last Word: Highlighting the Value of Diversity in Academia,” Aug. 9). Intentional efforts are necessary and require both the individual and […]

September 5, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Colleges Struggle to Quit Rankings Habit

U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encountered. But for all the complaints that the rankings warp college admissions and distract colleges from educating students, U.S. News still has the upper hand. Colleges are having a hard time quitting the magazine’s annual beauty contest.

August 14, 2007