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Forbes magazine has identified the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as one of the 10 public "New Ivies":  universities that attract high-achievers and turn out hard-working, highly-regarded employees. Read more in this excerpt and link to the full story, below.

Forbes surveyed nearly 300 subscribers to its Future of Work newsletter, with three-fourths of respondents holding direct hiring authority. The hiring managers were asked about public university graduates and the grads of good non-Ivy private colleges, with 42% saying they are more likely to hire public university grads and 37% saying they are more likely to hire grads of non-Ivy League private colleges than five years ago.

It comes down to preparedness. Some 37% of those with hiring authority in the survey said state universities were doing better than five years ago in preparing job candidates and 31% thought non-Ivy League private colleges had improved. Just 14% had similar praise for the Ivy League, while 20% said they’re doing worse, making this the only segment in which negative appraisals of the trend in job readiness exceeded positive ones.

The magazine specifically mentioned the university's innovative CS + X major programs that allow students to combine computer science with other arts and science studies.

Education at Illinois' CS + Education major allows students to explore careers in educational technology, educational game design, develop AI tutoring tools and more with the option to add teaching licensure to their degree.

Read the full story from Forbes magazine ...