This Year’s Most Influential Education Scholars (in Charts)
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This Year’s Most Influential Education Scholars (in Charts)

January 18, 2022 1 min read
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Who is on the top list of this year’s annual RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings? Where are they concentrated? And what do they study?

Table of Top 10 Edu-scholars
Map of the United States showing the concentration of Edu-scholars at Universities on the coasts.
Visual showing what the top scholar disciplines are

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