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When you stop giving points for snob appeal, the truly excellent ones shine through. Plus, our first-of-its-kind ranking of the best colleges for rural America. The post A Different Kind of College Ranking appeared first on Washington Monthly .
These small-town universities deliver better value by a country mile. The post Best Colleges for Rural America appeared first on Washington Monthly .
From someone who has spent two decades running universities and the past few years studying how AI is likely to affect them, here is some advice for playing the odds. The post How to Pick a College in the Age of AI appeared first on Washington Monthly .
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The late, great Gloria Steinem did a stint with the CIA. The post <a hre...
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The universities driving American innovation aren’t just in blue states—and neither is the damage from Trump’s research cuts. The post America’s Best...
To establish the set of colleges included in the rankings, we started with the 1,950 colleges in the 50 states and Washington, D.C., listed in the U.S. Department of Education’s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) that awarded more bachelor’s degrees than associate’s degrees, participated in federal
Socialists and left populists have argued that a Democratic big tent should include figures like Hasan Piker. But the Democrats’ best coalition builder of the last 60 years, Barack Obama, had a different strategy. The post How to Build a Big Tent appeared first on Washington Monthly .
The U.S. Senate candidate crossed over into bravado when he compared trans surgery to circumcision. The post On Fox News, El-Sayed Bravely Defended Gender-Affirming Care, Then Took a Weird, Wrong Turn appeared first on Washington Monthly .
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