10 Most-Buzzed-About Schools

Step it up a notch (and raise your profile) at these elite centers of learning.

(NEWSER) - Forbes ranked these business schools not only on their prestige but for their return on investment.

1. Dartmouth (Tuck)
2. Stanford
3. Harvard

(NEWSER) - The US Military Academy tops the new Forbes list of top colleges, leapfrogging five places to bump Princeton out of the top spot. In the second annual ranking, another service academy, the Air Force's, lands in seventh place on a list that places schools according to "the quality of the education they provide, the experience of the students and how much they achieve." The top 10: More»

Top schools see no application shortage despite economy

(NEWSER) - Sure, a lot of people are cash-strapped, but don’t get your hopes up that the recession will boost your shot at an Ivy League school. Harvard got a record number of applications this year—29,112, a 6% jump from last year. And pricey universities like Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, and Stanford all saw application numbers soar, the New York Times reports. Still, some top smaller schools did see a decline in applications. More»

Annual survey comes under increasing fire for favoring the rich

(NEWSER) - Facing a barrage of criticism, the latest college rankings from U.S. News and World Report were released today, and Princeton is still No.1, followed by Harvard and Yale. The editors have tried to address complaints about the survey's bias toward schools that educate the well-to-do and the well-prepared. But dozens of college presidents are refusing to fully participate in the survey or use the rankings to promote their institutions. More»

Rejections hit 90% at most prestigious schools

(NEWSER) - With competition at top colleges more ferocious than ever, most Ivy League schools accepted under 10% of applicants for the first time, the Times reports. Tony schools like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton turned away valedictorians and students with perfect SAT scores and GPAs, much to the shock of parents. More»