@ConcertoinD and @NerdyChica: “None of this is verifiable and some of it is laughably absurd. Since when is ASU considered the most innovative and uniquely successful school in the country? That’s a ludicrous assertion.”
You’re right that you can’t verify a description as subjective as “most innovative” and “uniquely successful”. But the following articles/rankings show that it is not unusual for ASU to be described as being innovative and successful. It is neither “laughably absurd” nor a “ludicrous assertion” to make such claims.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704554104575435563989873060
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/education/edlife/12edl-12talk.html
http://www.60secondrecap.com/forbes-30-under-30-colleges/: “We found that appearances can be deceiving. We found that Forbes tells of one “30 under 30” honoree’s experience as an undergraduate at Duke, but doesn’t mention Arizona State University undergraduate degrees carried by three of its young stars. (Fun fact: Arizona State, which accepts 89% of its applicants, has more “30 under 30” alumni than The University of Chicago, which boasts an acceptance rate below 9%. Arizona State beats Duke on this score, too. And it beats Dartmouth. And Cornell. And Johns Hopkins. And…you get the idea.)”