LaMont Jones and the US News College Rankings

LaMont Jones joins Rick to discuss this year’s rankings and the methodology used by U.S. News, offer helpful tips for prospective students, and more. Topics: 1. U.S. News just released its annual College Rankings. This is year 41! Tell us about this year’s results. 2. How does U.S. News determine the Best Colleges? You have rankings for public schools, veterans, by state and more! 3. What sets U.S. News’ rankings apart compared to other “best” school lists out there? 4. What advice do you have for prospective students and parents? How can they use U.S. News’ Best Colleges rankings during college application season? 5. Where can our listeners go for more information? For more information please visit: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges MORE ABOUT LAMONT JONES: As managing editor for education, LaMont oversees a team of reporters, editors, bloggers and other freelancer contributors who produce advice and news content on K-12 and higher education. He has more than 35 years of journalism experience as a writer and editor. LaMont came to U.S. News in September 2019 and served four years as senior editor for education before becoming managing editor for education. Prior to that, he worked as senior writer, senior editor and co-editor at Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Earlier in his journalism career, he was a copy desk editor at the Courier-Journal in Kentucky, a suburban reporter at the Pittsburgh Press, and a higher education reporter, race relations writer, and teen page creator and coordinator at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.