Anderson University rose two spots to No. 21 in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” rankings for 2013 and was named by the magazine for the fourth year as one of the 41 “up and coming” institutions in America.
Also, Anderson gained another recognition for the first time when it was named one of the 44 universities in America with an unusually strong commitment to undergraduate teaching – and ranked second in the South.
Anderson has been named to the group of “up and coming” institutions since the list’s inception four years ago. Innovations like the Mobile Learning Initiative, in which freshmen have been given iPads for use in specially designed classes, AU’s undergraduate cancer research center, an innovative study abroad program and a new criminal justice center have kept it on the list, a spokesman said.
Being cited as an unusually strong teaching institution is a new honor for the university. “The awareness of the character and substance of our faculty and students is obviously increasing as is the growth and continuous innovation of the entire university,” said AU president Evans Whitaker. – AU