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These college rankings focus on schools that help students get ahead

  • Written by Robert Kelchen, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
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Robert Kelchen, a scholar of higher education, oversees the college rankings at Washington Monthly. The magazine’s rankings are meant to provide an alternative to the more...

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