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HealthCare Focus: Quality versus Cost

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Frontline, World Health Organization, John Podesta, American Medical Association, Frank Luntz, Kaiser Permanente, Barack Obama, Charlie Rose, Health-Maintenance-Organizations, US News & World Report, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

Service, expertise, and time. Those are the real challenges of the Healthcare debate.

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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Alternate College Rankings

Tasha Gordon-Solmon | Posted 08.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, US News College Rankings, US News College Rankings Process, Saved by the Bell, Stansbury University, US News & World Report, Worthington University, Dawson's Creek, University of California at Sunnydale, College Admissions, College Tours, College Admissions Craze, College Rankings, Comedy News
Tasha Gordon-Solmon

Fretting about college? Here are three schools that offer world-class educations, but have significantly decreased in popularity in the last decade.

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Why Mortimer Zuckerman Has No Credibility On Iran

Kamran Pasha | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Yasser Arafat, Islam, Mort Zuckerman, Prophet Mohammed, Neoconservatives, US News & World Report, Iran, Leo Strauss, Media, Israel, World News
Kamran Pasha

I have to thank Mortimer Zuckerman. It was because of him that I became one of the first successful Muslims in Hollywood. But before I explain that ...

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When One Door Closes, Another Opens. But Those Hallways Can Kill You

Noah St. John | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Layoffs, Head Trash, Careers, Livelihood, US News & World Report, Washington Post, Life, Living News
Noah St. John

When your livelihood is taken away, you have to fight to get it back, and fight for your own sense of self.

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Don't Bailout on Seeking Passion in Your Career

Rick Smith | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, US News & World Report, Teachers, Teaching, Advertising, Business News
Rick Smith

There are two primary factors that define passion in a work environment: Cause and Challenge.

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The Truth About College Rankings: Who is Really #1?

Kat Cohen | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: College Admissions, Ivywise, Applywise, College Admissions Craze, Ivy League, College Rankings, University, College Students, Notre Dame, Boston University, US News College Rankings, College, US News & World Report, Admissions Officers, Admissions, Georgetown, Living News
Kat Cohen

There is no real "top 50 colleges": this zero-sum game of rankings renders meaningless. Students must examine a college's philosophy, environment, and academic offerings themselves.

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US News & World Report Launching Digital Newsweekly

Portfolio | Jeff Bercovici | Posted 02.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital Magazines, US News & World Report, US News Weekly, US News Digital Magazine, US News, Magazines, Media News

U.S. News hasn't given up on the idea of the weekly news digest. In fact, later today, in a soft launch, it will rolling out a new product: a "digital...

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Heritage Foundation: Torturing Facts, Sacrificing the Poor

Pete Aaltman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Heritage Foundation, Think Tanks, Climate, Tufts University, 2008 Presidential Race, Environment, US News & World Report, Climate Change, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Global Warming, 2008 Presidential Election, Green News
Pete Aaltman

The Heritage Foundation celebrated a study that concludes that "higher temperatures reduce agricultural output in poor countries" and "lead to reductions in industrial output, aggregate investment, scientific research, and political stability."

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Two Chicago Schools Crack National Top 100 List

Chi-Town Daily News | Paul D. Bowker | Posted 01.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Northside Prep, U.S. News & World Report, Northside College Prep High School, Chicago Public Schools, Walter Payton Prep, U.S. News Top High Schools Chicago, Walter Payton College Prep High School, Cps, U.S. News & World Report Top 100 High Schools, CPS Top Schools, CPS Top Prep Schools, Chicago News

Two city public high schools are on a top 10 list of prep schools in the nation. Northside College Prep High School, 5501 N. Kedzie Ave., and Walter ...

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Memo to Automakers Wagoner, Mulally & Nardelli: Fire Your PR People

Pam Atherton | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Public Relations, Big Three Automakers, ABC News, Automakers Bailout, Brian Ross, Private Jet, Robert Nardelli, Alan Mulally, Richard Wagoner, Cars, US News & World Report, Bailout Plan, Rick Newman, The Big 3, Business News
Pam Atherton

How these three CEO's have acted is a classic teachable moment. They've practically written the curriculum for the class on how to alienate the American public by their actions.

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US News & World Report To Become A Monthly Magazine

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media

Read More: US News, US News & World Report, US News World Report Monthly, Media News

Just five months after saying it would drop its frequency to every other week, U.S. News & World Report has decided instead to become a monthly magazi...

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Notes From a Yes Girl

Linda Kulman | Posted 11.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Tag Cloud, Republican National Committee, Easy Credit, U.S. News & World Report, Macbook, Consumerism, Apple MacBook Air, New York Times, Weak Economy, Republican Party, Pta, Happiness, Living News
Linda Kulman

Until my husband pointed it out, it hadn't occurred to me that it's not just worn-down parents who give in to "yes" too often, it's all of us. We live in a Yes! culture.

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John McCan Wants the Health Care Industry to be More Like the Banking Industry

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: US News & World Report, Banking Crisis, Financial Crisis, John McCain, Wall Street, Health Care, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

John McCain wants the health care industry to be more like the banking industry. This from a McCain article in Contingencies, the magazine of the Ame...

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Why U.S. News Hasn't Ranked 'America's Best Green Colleges'—Yet

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.22.2008 | Green

Read More: US News & World Report, US News College Rankings, Green Colleges, Green Living, US News College Rankings Process, College, Green News
Maura Judkis

We didn't do any green rankings this year because our rankings are complicated, and we want to make sure any ranking is done well.

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4 Easy Ways to Be a Freegan

Maura Judkis | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green

Read More: How to Save Money, Freegan, U.S. News & World Report, Dumpster Diving, How to Save Money on Food, Freeganism, Save Money Groceries, Grocery Stores, Green, Green Living, The Giving Life, Green News
Maura Judkis

Conventional wisdom states that dumpster-diving is for the homeless. Freegans, however, are a small anticonsumerist group who won't allow anything use...

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Confident Optimism in Foreign Policy

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. News & World Report, Iran, John Kennedy, Israel, Jfk, White House Ghosts, Presidential Rhetoric, Foreign Policy, John F. Kennedy, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

There are two fundamental schools of thought on foreign policy: suppose the Israelis launch a preemptive attack against Iran -- what does the United States do?

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US News & World Report To Drop To Biweekly As Ad Pages Plummet

AdAge | Nat Ives | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media

Read More: US News & World Report, US News Weekly, US News Biweekly, Media News

U.S. News & World Report, the longtime No. 3 weekly news magazine, is dropping to a biweekly frequency starting next year, effectively ceding its trou...

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US News May Significantly Alter College Ranking Process

Inside Higher Education | Posted 04.17.2008 | Media

Read More: US News College Rankings, US News & World Report, US News College Rankings Process, US News, Media News

U.S. News & World Report may be on the verge of significant changes in its methodology. The magazine has sent out surveys to 1,600 high school ...

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Third-Place "U.S. News" To Focus On Publishing Lists

New York Post | Keith Kelly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: U.S. News & World Report, "Best of" Lists, Mort Zuckerman, Media News

Mort Zuckerman's U.S. News & World Report is said to be working on a radical plan to change the magazine's format and end its years of red ink. To do...

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