U.S. News and World Report has named UNC Charlotte one of the top ten "up and coming national universities" in its annual Best College issue.
According to Robert Morse at U.S. News, the magazine asked top academics as part of the regular U.S. News peer assessment survey to name the schools that they think are "Up-and-Coming Institutions."
He wrote, "College presidents, provosts, and admissions deans were asked to nominate up to 10 colleges in their U.S. News America's Best Colleges ranking category that are making improvements in academics, faculty, students, campus life, diversity, and facilities. These schools are worth watching because they are making promising and innovative changes. This item on the peer survey enabled college officials to pick schools within their ranking category that are rapidly evolving in ways that the public should be aware of and that are not always quickly noticeable in a college's year-to-year rankings." (US News)
The full list of up-and-coming National Universities, including UNC Charlotte, is available here: US News.