Page 95 - The Scepter - Spring-Summer 2018_ Area Conferences Edition

The Area VI Teens were welcomed by the staff of the prestigious Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (ASU).
U.S. News and World Report has named ASU as the most innovative university all three years it has had the
category. The widely touted set of annual rankings by the news magazine, which compares more than 1,500 insti-
tutions on a variety of metrics, was released today.

ASU again topped the list based on a survey of peers. College presidents, provosts and admissions deans around
the country nominated up to 10 colleges or universities that are making the most innovative improvements to
curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities.

After ASU, the second and third most innovative universities were Stanford and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, the same ranking as the previous two years. The next universities on the innovative list are Georgia
State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Northeastern University, the University of Maryland at Baltimore
County, the University of Michigan and Harvard University, with Duke and Portland State universities tied for
10th place.