America’s Top 25 Colleges 2016

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America’s Top 25 Colleges 2016

Map Of American Colleges: Where Does Your State Stand?
The 2016 Forbes College rankings debuted this month. Forbes and the Center for College Affordability and Productivity collaborated to create these rankings. We considered a variety of factors including post-graduate success, student debt, and graduation rates. You can look up your current college, your alma mater, or your hopeful undergraduate college on these rankings to see how they stand up. But what about the big picture?

Top 25 Christian Colleges of 2016

Top 25 Christian Colleges: The Essential Questions On Religion And Education
With 25 religiously-affiliated colleges in the top 150 FORBES Top Colleges, Christian schools bring a unique blend of characteristics to the table.

12 High-Paying, In Demand Job Skills

How To Prepare For A Job That Doesn’t Exist
With automation set to disrupt the jobs market, how can you ensure that your skills remain relevant for jobs that might not even exist yet?

Sir Paul McCartney, Bob Weir, And The Gronk Take A Star Turn Together
Sir Paul’s masterful rock and roll performance has some lessons to teach us about public speaking.

Ready To Compete ? Individual Empowerment Is Essential For Digital Skills, Says Report
While the U.K starts to think about a new economic future following the vote to leave the EU, the spotlight is again on an acute shortage of skills holding back progression. When it comes to competing in the digital economy, the skills gap is costing the country £63 billion (£83.3bn) a year in lost GDP, according to a Parliament report.

The Newest Majors You’ve Never Heard Of

20 High-Paying College Majors You’ve Never Heard Of
More campuses are experimenting with new majors and fields of study. They are looking to the changing job market for guidance and reacting to innovations in all things tech.

Beach Reading About College
Some beach reading for the college-minded that’s more than just lists of colleges.

Ideological Diversity In The University
While there is some question of just how to draw the distinctions of left vs. right, interventionist vs. non-interventionist, liberal vs. conservative, and Democrat vs. Republican, it seems fairly well established that academics tend to identify with what might be roughly construed as liberalism.

America’s Highest-Paid Public University Presidents

The 10 Public University Presidents With The Highest Pay
Renu Khator, president of the University of Houston and chancellor of the University of Houston system, is the first woman and Indian immigrant to lead a public university system in Texas. She also happens to be the top-earning public college executive in the country, having taken in a stunning $1.3 million in total compensation this past fiscal year.

Why Social Investment Is A Threat To Charity Values
Social investment is on the up – held as a panacea to social sector financing challenges it may in fact represent a challenge to all the sector stands for.

School Spirit Shines During First Week of #MyTopCollege
The third annual #MyTopCollege contest has begun, and the quality of submissions is better than ever.

Startup Schools: America’s Most Entrepreneurial Colleges

10 Tips For Giving A Great Speech

Don’t Let Your Ego Be Your Enemy
Ryan Holiday’s new book on the ego has interesting implications for public speakers.

Pay Up: The Potential Impact Of Borrower Defense To Repayment On Colleges And Universities
Right now, based on the way these new Borrower Defense To Repayment rules have evolved and been presented, it’s easy to see why everyone believes this is just a for-profit school issue. No one is talking about the impact on traditional public and non-profit colleges and universities, which could be dire.

When Innovating, Having The Right Team Matters
To transform any vision in an organization into a concrete, high-impact initiative, having the right people at the table in the right team structure is critical.

The 10 Best- And Worst-Paying Education Jobs

‘Big Three’ U.S. Beer Brands Will Publicize Nutritional Content
Bud, Miller, Coors and others agree to add nutritional information to their packaging, in an initiative that will likely serve as a turning point for alcohol labeling in this country.

Data Reveals The Chances Of Your Children Becoming Teachers
Analysis of the backgrounds of aspiring teachers has produced some surprising results about their parents? occupations and their college major.

Approaching Highly Selective College Admission Testing
College admission tests have limited utility but vast influence. Keep them in perspective.

The Right Training For Today’s Workforce
When Miguel was growing up, the odds were stacked against him. He was in and out of the hospital battling cancer, lived with foster families and in group homes for much of his adolescence, and didn’t learn to read until the fourth grade. After dropping out of high school and aging out of the foster care system, Miguel moved in with one of his sisters in the Bronx. He went on to get his GED, took a few classes through University of Phoenix, acquired debt, and went through hourly jobs, one after another.

Never Give A Boring Presentation Again

Why Is College So Expensive?
With college tuition on the rise, students are left footing massive bills after graduation. Dr. RIchard Vedder, an economist and professor of economics, explains why some colleges cost so much.

How To Hook Your Audience Better As A Public Speaker
Nir Eyal’s book, Hooked, has a useful model for public speaking.

30 Jobs That Report High Underemployment

Underemployment