The 25 Best Colleges in America, According to 19,000 Data Points on Cost and Quality

Five years ago, a group of faculty members at the University of California-Irvine decided to “out” themselves. At the large research university, where more than half of students are the first in their families to go to college, these faculty would proudly say Us, too.  It was a simple gesture. But it carried a powerful message for those 14,000 undergrads at Irvine.“It gives them role models, so they don’t suffer from imposter syndrome,” says Chancellor Howard Gillman, himself once a first-generation college student. “They know they belong here.” READ MORE