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Ghent University continues to be the highest-placed Belgian university in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. UGent moved up eight places from its last year's ranking and was listed as Belgium’s top university. The University of Leuven gained three places, climbing to 86th spot. Catholic University of Louvain and Université...

Six Australian institutions were ranked among the world's 100 top universities. The University of Melbourne and The University of Queensland were 38th and 55th, respectively, out of 1,200 universities surveyed in the 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The University of Melbourne moved up 1 places from its 2017...

Harvard University has once again been ranked number one in the World by a prestigious global ranking firm. Harvard held onto its first place ranking in the 2018 edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – a position the U.S. institution has occupied for the past 16 years....

What are you hearing? CEOs need accurate and unfiltered information to provide wise leadership and make good decisions: Is that what you get? Do your people tell you what they want you to know, what they think you want to hear or what’s really going on? A recent Harvard Business...

I was recently in a meeting as the change management expert for a global organization. I was there to gather information, as their meetings were notorious for being late and inefficient. But this meeting was different: a manager came into the room and announced before we started, ‘I have a...

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been listed in the prestigious top 20 small universities in the world for 2018 by London-based Times Higher Education. Caltech, which ranked 6th in the CEOWorld University Rankings 2018 tops the list followed by École Polytechnique, France; Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy; and the University...

Bentley University tops the list as the school where students are likely to receive the best job and career placement services, according to a new ranking from The Princeton Review. Clemson University is No. 2 on the New York company's list of the top 20 colleges in America with the...

Communication is perhaps the most important aspect of a successful relationship, and business relationships are no different. Disseminating information clearly and effectively is critical for business growth. Sales, marketing, customer success, recruiting, project management, operations, HR — success in all of these departments hinges on strategic discussions and clear communication....

Just like the real estate debt, Americans are more burdened by student loan debt than ever before — a total of over $1.5 trillion. But just like the housing market, your location may be key in how fast you pay them off. Washington, D.C. has some of the most student...

Indiana University of Pennsylvania tops the list as the school where students study the least, while Williams College ranked No. 1 among schools where students study the most.  The Princeton Review asked 138,000 students at 384 colleges, "How many out-of-class hours do you spend studying each day?" and found that...