Duke rises to 7 in U.S. News and World Report national rankings
Duke ranked No. 7 in the 2023-24 edition of the U.S. News and World Report Best National University rankings, rising three spots from its No. 10 ranking last year.
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Duke ranked No. 7 in the 2023-24 edition of the U.S. News and World Report Best National University rankings, rising three spots from its No. 10 ranking last year.
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President Vincent Price responded to a Thursday article in the New York Times Magazine which described Duke as falling substantially behind peer universities in socioeconomic diversity, saying the article portrayed the University “in a rather harsh light.”
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