The Daily Beast, one of the leading new Web-based media outlets, has named Elon one of the decade's hottest colleges. The list of 15 colleges and universities ranks schools that make up a "whole new class of first-choice schools" that have "transformed the collegiate landscape" during the past 10 years.
The Daily Beast education reporter Kathleen Kingsbury, who also writes for Time magazine, created the hottest schools list. Elon ranks #4 among the 15 schools, earning accolades for its focus on excellent teaching and outstanding undergraduate research opportunities.
Here is the full list of “the decade’s hottest schools,” as ranked by The Daily Beast:
- University of Southern California
- Vanderbilt University
- Indiana University at Bloomington
- Elon University
- Tufts University
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Colorado College
- Washington University
- Bard College
- California State University
- Rhode Island School of Design
- University of St. Andrews, Scotland
- Washington and Lee
- George Washington University
- University of Georgia
The Daily Beast was launched in 2008 by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Edward Felsenthan, a former Wall Street Journal editor, is executive editor. In addition to Brown, contributing writers include Tony Blair, Condoleezza Rice, Christopher Buckley and Scott Turow. The site receives approximately 3.9 million unique visitors and 35 million page views per month.