us news rank

TomSrOfBoston
Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:46:32 +0000

Just a rise of 10 spots. As a school moves up in the rankings, the competition gets stiffer. I would hope for a greater rise but I don’t want to jynx it!

President Aoun has been making his (and Northeastern’s) presence known in the higher education circles around the country. There was a lengthy article in the Chronicle of Higher Education re: Northeastern’s increased visibility and its international coop programs. The Chronicle is sort of the industry newspaper for higher education read by many who do the USNews peer evaluation.
http://www.northeastern.edu/admissions/pdfs/ChronicleArticleOnceLocalNowGlobal.pdf Increases in freshman retention and entering student stats will factor into the rankings too.