Choose A University '09

Category: Education
Released: Apr 11, 2009
Price: $2.99

Description:
An Executive Summary of 310 American Colleges
- sorted by Returning Freshmen, Name, Expense and Region.

"While in high school, I did well on a test and colleges started sending me glitzy brochures in the mail. I would look at them, be mightily impressed, then take them to my dad. He would render judgement, 'That's a good school,' or, 'That school is not, in a broad sense, any better than the school down the road.' The best match I've found to his Bostonian sense of colleges is the Fiske academic ratings of colleges."

Couched in the context of school size, cost, student demographics, as well as social and quality of life ratings, this graphical executive summary can help parents quickly sort through the marketing to see how each school compares.

How should I classify this?
A college education costs as much as the family home, yet many families do not have the time to do a thorough 'home inspection' on all the choices. Consider this as a 12 point executive summary, presented in graphical format for easy recognition, of 310 college inspections performed by the most thorough and most trusted college inspector in America today, Edward B. Fiske.

Why are there not more colleges?
A college inspection needs to be thorough and, as things change, needs to be repeated each year. The inspection team's schedule is full with these 310 best and most interesting colleges.


People get the most from these images when they start from the school they know best. Examples can be found here:
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Updated:
This new smaller version can be delivered over the cell network. There is no sacrifice in color depth on the images.. (Most images are rendered in accordance with the school's visual identity guidelines.)

Added Fiske page numbers in recognition that, for many, this is a complimentary product to a guide they already have access to. This app acts as an executive summary and graphical index. Reference page numbers are embedded in the copyright line.

The casual reader or parent can still use this tool to help sort through marketing material sent to their child. It is pretty easy to notice the academic, social and QofL ratings to conclude, "That's a school where my child can thrive," or, "That school is not broadly better than the school down the road."

Texas Tech and Rollins detail pages now display as intended.

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