For my latest piece, I crunched the numbers for all 2,500+ of the United States' 4-year colleges/unis to drive home a perennial reality: The media spends way too much time talking about "elite"/"Tier 1"/"competitive"—read: brand-name—schools. theatlantic.com/education/arch…

The Miami University High School Counselor Advisory Board members meet the Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute students in the Idea Kitchen. Great conversations. Miami University Lilly Leadership Institute

So excited to have welcomed more than 1100 students and family members for our final Make It Miami! of the year! We can’t wait to welcome you to Miami University this fall as part of the @MiamiOH_Admit Class of 2023! #MakeItMiami #LoveAndHonor

Inspired Miami University by Lockheed Martin Leadership Institute talk by MUAA @julieaelb62 & Andy Stefanovich. Lessons learned: words create the world; passion persuades; entrance into leadership is humanity. Thanks Louise Morman for the invite. Lilly Leadership Institute

This year’s applicant pool was the most academically-talented in Miami’s 210-year history, and we can’t wait to see what the #MiamiOH2023 class officially looks like on May 1! #MakeItMiami #LoveAndHonor

Excited to welcome our newest members of the Miami University family to campus this fall! #LoveAndHonor #MakeItMiami #MiamiOH

April showers bring May 1 deposits! Happy May 1 Eve. Miami University is the place to be! @MiamiOH_Admit #MiamiOH2023 #NationalCandidateReplyDate #TimeToConfirm

May 1 is a crazy day in college admissions, but I was happy to be at Archbishop McNicholas High School this morning to welcome their valedictorian, Myles Bailey, to Miami University class of 2023! Welcome to the Miami Family, Myles! #MiamiOH #LoveandHonor @MiamiOH_Admit

May 1 is the National Decision Day for high school seniors. We are excited to welcome the newest members of the Miami Family! #MiamiOHAccepted #MiamiOH2023 #MakeItMiami #NationalDecisionDay #DecisionDay #DeclarationDays

Miami students are smart; but it's what they do with that intelligence to serve others that makes them brilliant. #MiamiOH Miami Offers First College 'Threshold Choir' To Soothe Hospice Patients bit.ly/2vwIHN9

Diversity and high caliber define largest incoming class - Miami University miamioh.edu/news/top-stori…

This is #LoveAndHonor - our second cohort of Miami University Cincinnati Scholars make it official! Thanks to I Am CPS for sharing your amazing students with us! #MiamiOH2023 @KRitterRickels Jonika Rodney Coates @RedHawkFB23

.@MiamiUniversity has been granted $1.5 million from @DeptofDefense for new research to help prevent veteran suicides. This fall more than 100 active duty members from 88th Air Base Wing will participate in the study.

Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms who provide us with support, love, and guidance through all phases of our lives. #MothersDay #HappyMothersDay #MiamiOH #MiamiOHFamily

"You now join nearly 225,000 fellow alumni as this University’s ambassadors in all parts of the world." #MiamiOHGrad

As more and more high schools are eliminating the title of valedictorian at graduation, Miami's review for admission has shifted focus from class rank to other performance indicators, such as GPA and curriculum rigor. Read more at bit.ly/2EvRaFk.

This man sent 33 strangers to college using his life savings from working at the same job as a carpenter for 67 years cnn.it/2XZAUTP

The band did a nice job tonight at their concert. Congratulations to the seniors that were recognized, the winners of the Directors’ Awards, and Lauren Schaurer for receiving the John Philip Sousa Award.

UNIFORM REVEAL 🐺 We're pumped to rock white camo jerseys tonight in the #FirstFour! Thanks to our partnership with Nike and our relationship & proximity to 88th Air Base Wing, we're the only school in the country with this military pattern! #RaiderUP | #MarchMadness | #RaiderFamily

Wheels up 🛫 San Diego ☀️ #RaiderUP | #MarchMadness  | #RaiderFamily