Daily Five

Here is the Fall 2025 HigherED.zone ranking of the Five Best Business Schools in San Francisco Bay Area:

  1. Stanford Graduate School of Business – Stanford University
  2. Haas School of Business – University of California, Berkeley
  3. Leavey School of Business – Santa Clara University
  4. School of Management – University of San Francisco
  5. School of Economics and Business – Saint Mary’s College of California

This Top Five List was determined by a ranked choice vote of the HigherED.zone editorial board.

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Kristi Noem was born
on this day in 1971

Kristi Noem — the American politician and rancher who has served as the 8th United States Secretary of Homeland Security since January 2025 — was born on this day — November 30, 1971 — in Watertown, South Dakota.

She is a graduate of South Dakota State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

Prior to her appointment to the Cabinet, Noem served as the Governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025, the first woman to hold that office. She previously represented South Dakota’s at-large congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for eight years. Before entering public service, she was a small business owner and helped manage her family’s ranch and farm in Hamlin County.
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Daily Five

Here is the Fall 2025 HigherED.zone ranking of the Five Best Business Schools in the Chicago Area:

  1. Booth School of Business – University of Chicago
  2. Kellogg School of Management – Northwestern University
  3. Driehaus College of Business – DePaul University
  4. Quinlan School of Business – Loyola University Chicago
  5. UIC Business – University of Illinois Chicago

This Top Five List was determined by a ranked choice vote of the HigherED.zone editorial board.

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