The academic institutions with the smartest students in the Lumosity study were MIT (1), Harvard (2) and Stanford (3). Lafayette College was No. 22 and Lehigh University was No. 32.
Lafayette College is among the top 25 "smartest colleges," according to a unique ranking from data scientists at a brain training company.
Dr. Daniel A. Sternberg, Ph.D. and fellow data scientists at Lumosity felt traditional college ranking methodologies relied too much on standardized test scores and non-cognitive metrics such as student-faculty ratios and capital endowment rates.
So Sternberg and his associates used "cognitive training games" to evaluate 60,000 students at 411 colleges and universities. The games measured intelligence in the five areas: speed, attention, flexibility, memory and problem-solving.
The academic institutions with the smartest students in the Lumosity study were MIT (1), Harvard (2) and Stanford (3). Lafayette College was No. 22 and Lehigh University was No. 32.