The Most Interesting College of the Day! College Towns, Enrollments, & Football Stadiums 06/19/202406/25/2024 Found an analysis by someone on Reddit named e8odie and although their data was originally from 2012, I updated it to 2023. How many of these did you know? Football…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! Colleges We Lost in 2023… 01/04/2024 I have stolen the concept from Celebrities We Lost in (Year), the pictures I found online, and the actual research from InsideHigherEd. I had fun packaging the "obituaries" this way…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! Southwestern University – 10 Facts about the Most Interesting College of the Day 11/30/202312/28/2023 1. Although Baylor University, where I worked for 11.5 years, likes to claim that they are the oldest college in the state, the truth is that Southwestern University was the…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! Flagship and Land Grant College Comparisons 02/07/202302/21/2024
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Ultimate Quiz on the Best Public Colleges in Each State 02/04/202312/28/2023 If you study how people learn most effectively, you will discover that testing our recall is one the most effective methods. It does take energy and effort to do this,…
Deep Thoughts Articles… The Best University Film Programs – What do the Rankings Say? 02/03/202312/28/2023 A Metanalysis of Film Program Rankings in the U.S. - Spreadsheet of University Film Programs Rankings “Obviously there is no scientific formula to these prizes; it’s not like the movie…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! 10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – Florida State 08/13/202212/28/2023 I spent the summer of 1995 working in an internship at Florida State University. Before I share some unique facts about FSU, I sadly wanted to mention that I lived…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! 10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – U. of Delaware 07/10/202212/28/2023 Fact 1 - It is the 7th oldest college in the nation. However, their original charter in 1743 was as the Free School, located in Pennsylvania and it was not…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting Colleges of the Day! – Aalborg and Aaltort Universities – July 16th 07/16/202102/06/2022 I saw a job opening the other day at Aalto University and it led me to wonder if this was not the first alphabetical university out of over thousands in the world.…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day – National Defense University – July 4 07/03/202112/28/2023 Before World War II, each of the military services would take their enrollees and train them according to their respective field's best practices. As the Cold War began, the need…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Lincoln University – June 30 06/29/202102/06/2022 If you were with me when you read this, I would bet you a large sum of money you could not guess where this college is located. First, Lincoln University…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – University of Limerick – June 21 06/21/202102/06/2022 The University of Limerick is in Limerick, Ireland. It was founded in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, it became a 4-year university in 1989 and it was the…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day – Make School – June 15 06/15/202112/07/2023 Make School states that they are redesigning higher education for the 21st century. They want a college education to be relevant for the modern economy and accessible to students of…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – The Coast Guard Academy – June 8 06/07/202102/06/2022 Some of you may be familiar with the annual Army-Navy football game or the Commander-in-Chief's trophy for the most successful football team of the three largest U.S. service academies. What…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Colorado School of Mines – June 3 06/03/202102/06/2022 The Colorado School of Mines is a public research university with over 6,600 students located in Golden, Colorado. It is one of the few remaining predominantly male colleges - ~70%…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Deep Springs College – May 27 05/27/202102/06/2022 "Deep Springs College is one of the most unique, remote, and smallest in the US. Began in 1917, the college 40 miles from Bishop, California on an isolated cattle ranch…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ouachita Baptist University – May 25, 05/25/202102/06/2022 Ouachita Baptist University. How would you like to attend a college that no one except for its alumni can pronounce? There are only a few English words that begin with…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ottawa University Surprise (OUAZ) – May 24 05/24/202102/06/2022 College of the Day - Ottawa University Surprise (OUAZ). Any guesses where it is? Not Ottawa, Canada... but Surprise, Arizona. The first campus was formed in Ottawa, KS in 1865. Ottawa U…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! The most northern college in the U.S. – May 21 05/24/202102/06/2022 Ilisagvik College in Alaska. They are located 3 miles north of Top of the World Hotel and 6 miles south of the Northernmost Point in the U.S. It is located in…
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Marion Military Institute – May 20 05/24/202102/06/2022 “Marion Military Institute (MMI) is the nation’s oldest military junior college tracing its origin back to 1842. Marion Military Institute is one of 4 military junior colleges in the US…