William & Mary is making efforts to grant more financial aid to applicants (and has a new plan that promises to freeze tuition hikes upon admission for all 4 years). However, recent studies indicate William & Mary students continue to hail from overwhelmingly wealthy student family backgrounds, even as compared to other elite public institutions. William and Mary is the highest-ranked national university for placement of its graduates in public or government service according to "Washington Monthly" Magazine. W&M ranks as tied for the 12th best public university, tied for 40th overall best national university in the U.S., and tied for 526th best global university according to the 2020 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings. "U.S. News & World Report" also rated William & Mary's undergraduate teaching as tied for the 5th best among national universities and 13th for Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects in its 2020 rankings. For 2019 "Kiplinger" ranked William & Mary 6th out of 174 best-value public colleges and universities in the U.S. In the 2019 "America's Top Colleges" ranking by "Forbes", W&M was ranked the 9th best public college and 47th out of the 650 best private and public colleges and universities in the U.S.  W&M ranked 3rd for race and class interaction in Princeton Review's 2018 rankings. W&M ranked 1st as the public college with the smartest students in the nation according to "Business Insider"'s 2014 survey. W&M is known for having a happy student body, due to its small size, temperate weather, and friendly and approachable professors. W&M ranked 1st for "happiest students" in "Princeton Review"'s most recent 2019 rankings. The undergraduate business program was ranked 12th among undergraduate programs by the 2016 "Bloomberg Businessweek" survey. The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture publishes the "William and Mary Quarterly", a scholarly journal focusing on colonial history, particularly in North America and the Atlantic World from the Age of Discovery onward. In addition to the Quarterly, W&M, by its mission to provide undergraduates with a thorough grounding in research also hosts several student journals. The "Monitor" is the undergraduate journal of International Studies which publishes on a bi-annual basis. The Lyon Gardiner Tyler Department of History also supports an undergraduate history journal, The "James Blair Historical Review", which publishes on an annual basis. Non-academic publications include "The William & Mary Review" – the college's official literary magazine – "Winged Nation" – a student literary arts magazine, "Acropolis" – the Art and Art History magazine, "The Flat Hat" – the student newspaper, "The Botetourt Squat" – the student satirical newspaper, "The Colonial Echo" – the college's yearbook, "Tribe Attaché" - the student news blog covering international events, "The DoG Street Journal" – a daily online newspaper, and "ROCKET Magazine" – the college's fashion, art, and photography publication.