Is college worth it in 2026

Many years ago, I went to my parents expressing my wish to drop a year to prepare for IIT-JEE. It was a particularly ...
EuropaWire

University of East Anglia trials StudyStash AI platform to support student revision and learning

The platform has already been adopted by universities including Birmingham, Loughborough and City St George’s, University of ...
Tech Times

Eight-Bit LLM Training Now Matches Full Precision: MIT and NVIDIA Fix Root Cause

FP8 LLM training has never matched full-precision accuracy due to a hidden mathematical flaw. MIT, CMU, and NVIDIA Research researchers identified the root cause -- a stale scaling-factor mismatch ...
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MIT Solve Awards $1 Million to 10 Innovators, Marking a Decade of Open Innovation

The 2026 Solver Class was named at Solve Challenge Finals during Climate Week in New York. Applications for Solve's 2027 Global Challenges are now open. The 2026 Solver Class was selected as part of a ...
The Hill

Princeton falls from top spot on US News rankings

Princeton University has fallen from the top spot on U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings for the first time in 15 years. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) beat the long-time ...
NJ.com

One N.J. university just jumped 21 spots in the college rankings. Did yours make the list?

Princeton University’s 15-year run atop the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings has come to an end. Massachusetts Institute of Technology beat out New Jersey’s Ivy League university to ...
MarketWatch

Princeton’s 15-year run as the nation’s top college is over. This is the new No. 1 school.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology took the top spot in the U.S. News & World Report college and university rankings this year, marking the first time since the 2012 edition that Princeton ...
U.S. News & World Report

MIT Claims No. 1 Spot in U.S. News 2027 Best Colleges Rankings

MIT named No. 1 National University, replacing Princeton after a 15-year run at the top spot. New "Earnings by Major" metric introduced to evaluate graduate return on investment four years ...
MyCentralJersey

New college rankings crown a new No. 1 university

For the first time in 15 years, Princeton University is no longer No. 1 in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology claimed the top spot in the ...
nytimes.com

Princeton’s Run Atop U.S. News Rankings Ends After 15 Years

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology pulled ahead on a set of criteria that are as contentious as they are influential. By Alan Blinder Princeton University is no longer No. 1. U.S. News & World ...
C&EN

MIT chemistry building reopens after hazardous material incident

Cambridge, Massachusetts—The Massachusetts Institute of Technology reopened a chemistry building Aug. 31 after closing it for several days after a hazardous material incident involving a graduate ...