Page 35 - TTA Newsletter Spring Summer 2018

The Area VI Teens were welcomed by the staff of the prestigious Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (AS
U). 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 institutions 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.

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