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I Don’t Buy Into the Forbes Definition of a Public Ivy

Educated Quest

Forbes magazine recently came out with a list of schools that were considered to be a Public Ivy. The story also covered private institutions that were considered to be ‘New Ivies’. However, since I have written about my own definition of a Public Ivy before, I’ll stick to the public colleges for this story. Forbes used these criteria to rank their schools: High standardized test scores-as supplied by at least half of all 2022 applicants.

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Best Programs for Specific Majors at Top Tier Schools

The Koppelman Group

Or, as we like to call it, “A Deep Dive into the History of Collegiate Notoriety.” If you’re reading the unofficial title of our new series, you might wonder if we’ve taken cues from Vanity Fair ’s school of journalism or branched into scuba instruction. Although in many ways a seaside vocation navigating the ocean waters full of tropical fish might be less stressful than teaching teenagers to swim through the murky depths of college admissions, the truth is that we’ll always take the hard path

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Girls for Algorithmic Justice Helps Lead The Way To Improve AI

Educated Quest

My hometown, Matawan, New Jersey, has produced many exceptionally bright, interesting people, including Anika Dugal. Anika is founder of Girls for Algorithmic Justice. This is a global grassroots coalition of young women taking political action and advocacy to address the gender and racial disparities in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Prudential Financial selected Anika, now bound for Duke University, as one of their 25 Emerging Visionaries.

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23 Best Colleges in Massachusetts – 2024

College Transitions

Massachusetts is not only home to the oldest college in the United States (Harvard, founded in 1636), but it is also home to many of the very best institutions of higher learning in the country.