'College Welcome Guide’ Measures Culture, Not Academics

FILE - People gather for the 3rd annual Queer Liberation March in New York, June 27, 2021.

There are plenty of online tools to rank the academic prestige of colleges. But this new tool, created by The Hechinger Report, measures colleges based on other variables, like graduation rates, climate of free speech and resources for LGBTQ+ students. Check out the guide for yourself in this piece by Fazil Khan. (October 2023)