ASU Named #1 Innovative School In US

2015 saw Arizona State University topping the list of “most innovative schools” in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings. “Most innovative” is a new category for the widely touted set of annual rankings by the news magazine. College presidents, provosts and admissions deans were asked as part of this year's survey done in spring to nominate up to 10 colleges with the most cutting-edge changes in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities.

Backed by a culture of innovation and with recent innovations like this year's ProMod (a project-based learning pilot combining general education and students’ focused areas of study while they tackle real life problems) and me3, a new online tool that helps match students with potential careers based on their personalities, ASU stood out from a field of more than 1,500 institutions.

In its holiday greeting message sent out recently (and which can also be viewed here and here along with the video below), ASU thanks those who have joined them in inventing "a brighter future for all." And with several unique programs like a Starbucks partnership launched last year covering all four years of an online bachelor's degree for Starbucks employees and redesigned math classes that use technology in place of old-fashioned lectures, we definitely have to agree on the course they're charting.

ASU is where innovation thrives

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ASU Named #1 Innovative School In US