By Oliver Staley Aug 22, 2009 (Bloomberg) — Harvard University, the oldest institution in U.S. higher education, ousted Princeton University from the top of U.S. News & World Report’s best- college rankings for the first time in nine years. Princeton of New Jersey led the standings last year and was first or tied with Harvard […]

By Rosemary Black Apr 15, 2006 (Daily News) — Rhona Maulano and her teenage son Michael have spent the past four weekends jetting around the country, flying out on a Friday night and returning late each Sunday. No, they’re not visiting relatives, vacationing or looking to buy real estate. They’re in the midst of the […]

By Denise Romano, Oren Yaniv and Elizabeth Lazarowitz Aug. 18, 2009 (Daily News) — When it comes to the basics, both Hunter and Brooklyn colleges get an A. Columbia costs 10 times as much as the CUNY schools but only scored a B in a new study of colleges’ core education requirements. “Education is not […]

By Emily Schmitt March 26, 2009 (Forbes) — In the spring of last year, Punit Shah was preparing to attend MIT. He had sent in his deposit and confirmed his acceptance to the top-tier school. But when fall came around, Shah didnt go to MIT; he went to Harvard. Shah, now a freshman, was admitted […]

By Alex Kingsbury Aug 23, 2006 (U.S. News and World Report) — The University of La Verne sits on 26 acres of suburbia between the city of Los Angeles and the mountains. It’s a small place, with just over 1,600 students, most of whom live in three drab and boxy-looking dormitories. A decade ago, one […]

By Alex Kingsbury June 17, 2007 (U.S. News and World Report) — The University of Richmond, like many small liberal arts colleges, has its roots in single-sex education. The campus, which sits on a picturesque 350 acres of woodland a few miles outside the Virginia state capital, was once two schools: Westhampton and Richmond Colleges, […]

By David Epstein Aug 23, 2008 (U.S. News and World Report) — Widener University used a wait list for the first time this year. SUNY New Paltz had 480 students wait-listed, up from 350 a year ago, and only about a dozen spots. Emory University had about 800 students on its active wait list for […]

By Eddy Ramirez Sept 23, 2008 (U.S. News and World Report) — A report by a group of influential experts recommends that colleges re-examine their admissions and merit aid policies and consider admitting students without the use of scores from standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT. The report, commissioned by the National Association […]