Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, whose history, influence and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.[6][7][8][9][10] The University is organized into eleven separate academic units—ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—with campuses throughout the Boston metropolitan area:[15] its 209-acre (85 ha) main campus is centered on Harvard Yard in Cambridge, approximately 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Boston; the business school and athletics facilities, including Harvard Stadium, are located across the Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston and the medical, dental, and public health schools are in the Longwood Medical Area.[5] Eight U.S. presidents have been graduates, and some 150 Nobel Laureates have been affiliated as students, faculty, or staff. History Colonial The leading Boston divine Increase Mather served as president from 1685 to 1701. 19th century Charles W.
The billionaire factory: Why Stanford University produces so many celebrated web entrepreneurs - News - Student That whopping investment round, announced late last month, was described by Clinkle’s PR reps as “the largest seed funding in Silicon Valley history”. Even Mark Zuckerberg could only raise $500,000 in start-up money for Facebook. But then, Zuckerberg went to Harvard. Stanford has educated just one US President (Herbert Hoover, since you ask) to Harvard’s eight, but its leafy campus in the heart of Silicon Valley has probably produced more celebrated technology entrepreneurs than every other US college combined. Its recent graduates include the founders of the photo app Instagram, who sold their creation to Facebook for $1bn in April last year; and the team behind Snapchat, whose 18-month-old brainchild has been valued at $800m. William Hewlett and David Packard, founders of what is now the world’s leading PC manufacturer, met as Stanford undergraduates in the 1930s. Duplan was among Eesley’s students two years ago. The Clinkle concept had occurred to Duplan on a visit to London. Clinkle
QS World University Rankings The QS World University Rankings are annual university rankings published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) which provides overall rankings as well as rankings for individual subjects. QS also publishes additional regional rankings, the QS Asian University Rankings, the QS Latin American University Rankings, and the QS BRICS University Rankings, all of which are independent of and different to the major world rankings due to differences in the criteria and weightings used to generate them.[1] The publisher originally released its rankings in publication with Times Higher Education from 2004 to 2009 as the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, but the two ended their collaboration in 2010. QS assumed sole publication of the pre-existing methodology, while Times Higher Education created a new one with Thomson Reuters, published as Times Higher Education World University Rankings. History[edit] Between 2004 and 2009, QS produced the rankings in partnership with THE. Fees[edit]
Stanford and Its Start-ups: With StartX, Has the University Gone Too Far? Stanford University is a wealthy school. Its seventeen-billion-dollar endowment exceeds the G.D.P. of Jamaica. But the university, which is constantly under construction, is surrounded by even greater wealth: Facebook is to the north, Apple to the south, Google to the east, Sand Hill Road to the west. Stanford is like a man sailing a beautiful new boat who looks around and sees his friends in yachts. Stanford’s board of trustees began, in the mid-aughts, to gaze at the masts around the Bay, according to Randy Livingston, the university’s chief financial officer. Last week, partly as a result of those inquiries, Stanford announced that, in partnership with its hospital, the university will begin investing in companies founded by its own students. Stanford has always played the role of Silicon Valley’s queen mother—and, sometimes, its handmaiden. But Stanford’s partnership with Silicon Valley has also raised ethical issues. StartX seems less problematic.
Academic Ranking of World Universities The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University to rank universities globally.[1] The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and updated annually. Since 2009, the rankings have been published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.[2] ARWU was the first global ranking of universities published.[3] The ranking, backed by the Chinese government, was designed "to provide a global benchmark" against the various universities in China so they "could assess their progress."[4] The aim of the ARWU is for Chinese universities to "catch up" on "hard scientific research".[4] Methodology[edit] The methodology used by the Shanghai Rankings is entirely academic and research oriented. Influence[edit] As the first multi-indicator ranking of global universities, ARWU has attracted a great deal of attention from universities, governments and media. Criticism[edit] Rankings[edit]
One University To Rule Them All: Stanford Tops Startup List Stanford University has a lot of smart people. But the school's nickname is dumb: the Stanford Cardinal. As in the color red. Yes, harder to fit on a souvenir coffee mug but a much more accurate handle. The first-ever University Entrepreneurship Report tracks companies founded by or led by alumni (and dropouts) from six top U.S. schools - Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley, New York University, University of Pennsylvania and MIT - and the funding they've received. Stanford alums have raised $4.1 billion in 203 financings. "We did go into the study thinking Stanford would stand out from the crowd but we were surprised at how much they dominated," says CB Insights CEO Anand Sanwal. The University Entrepreneurship Report is of interest to a lot of different groups. Where Are The Hotshot Startup Founders? Investors, of course, want to know where to find the hotshot entrepreneurs. And the report is of interest to local groups because it also measures "alumni leakage." A Different Kind Of Diversity
California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (or Caltech)[5] is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphasis on science and engineering. Its 124-acre (50 ha) primary campus is located approximately 11 mi (18 km) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Despite its small size, 32 Caltech alumni and faculty have won a total of 33 Nobel Prizes (Linus Pauling being the only individual in history to win two unshared prizes) and 70 have won the United States National Medal of Science or Technology.[3] There are 112 faculty members who have been elected to the National Academies. Caltech announced its ninth president, Thomas F. History[edit] Throop College[edit] Throop Polytechnic Institute, Pasadena, Calif, 1908, on its original campus at downtown Pasadena. Caltech started as a vocational school founded in Pasadena in 1891 by local businessman and politician Amos G. World Wars[edit] Throop Hall, 1912 Post-war growth[edit]
Many College Students Fail To Finish Their Degrees, Study Finds WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fewer than half of all students who entered college in 2007 finished school where they started, and almost a third are no longer taking classes toward a degree anywhere, according to review released Monday. The dire numbers underscore the challenges that colleges confront as they look to bring in more students and send them out into the world as graduates. The numbers also could complicate matters for students at schools with low graduation rates; the U.S. Department of Education's still-emerging college rating system is considering linking colleges' performances with federal financial aid. Overall, 56 percent of those who started college in 2007 have finished their coursework on any campus, according to the research arm of the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization that works with colleges to verify students' enrollment and graduation status. About 29 percent of those who started college that year are no longer taking classes toward a degree.