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Best Colleges in the 2011 rankings: U.S. News

Saturday, March 5, 2011

This year, Harvard University regained sole possession of the top spot in U.S.News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2011 rankings of national universities. Last year, Harvard and Princeton University tied for first, but Princeton fell to second in the 2011 rankings of these large, research-oriented institutions. Williams College can once again boast that it’s the [...]

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10 Reviews of World’s Universities In 2011

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

1 Harvard University USA
Harvard College was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and was named for its first benefactor, John Harvard of Charlestown. Harvard is America’s oldest institution of higher learning, founded 140 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. The University has grown from [...]

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Twitter could be used as an educational tool

Friday, November 26, 2010

At time when professors question the role of social media in the classroom, a new report suggested that students who use Twitter both inside and outside the classroom are more engaged with professors and course material and, therefore, earn better grades.

According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, a total of 125 first-year pre-health professional majors [...]

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Top 15 most beautiful libraries in the world

Monday, November 22, 2010

1. University Club Library – New York City, United States

2. Canadian Library of Parliament – Ottawa, Canada

3. Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library – New Haven, Connecticut

4. Iowa State Capital Law Library – United States

5. Suzzalo Library at the University of Washington – Seattle, Washington

6. Admont Abbey Library – Austria

7. State Library – [...]

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