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The Princeton Review's Green Honor Roll
Honor rolls are reserved for the best of the best, the top of the class—and this honor roll is no exception. These schools made The Princeton Review's Green Honor Roll, each earning a perfect score of 99 in their rankings, for colleges dedicated to environmental awareness and sustainability. Green Honor Roll criteria include formal plans to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, school building renovations that are LEED certified, overall waste-diversion rates, the availability of Environmental Studies programs, and much more. You can learn more about the list and the Green Rating methodology on The Princeton Review's website.
source: The Princeton Review (Shared with permission)
Colleges where the Quality of Residence Halls Is Above Average
Are you someone who loves living in the lap of luxury? Well, dorms aren't technically luxurious, but you'll find some pretty good ones at these colleges.
Colleges for the Person Who Cares About the World
Are you the next big world changer? These colleges offer course work in such areas as peace studies, conflict resolution, poverty studies, global studies, and human rights.
Colleges for Students Concerned With Current Events
Watch out for students at these schools...they're likely to have their noses buried in the latest edition of the New York Times and thus bump into everything around them.
Colleges for the Socially Liberal
Some may call you a left-wing nut, but you prefer to think of yourself as progressive and passionate. These are colleges where liberal students are happy.
Applicants must be a permanent resident of the United States and be enrolled full-time as an undergraduate in an accredited engineering or physical science degree program at a two or four-year college or university. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher and have a permanent address within the NACE Eastern Area which includes the following states and/or U.S. Territories: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana (excluding Lake, Porter La Porte, Newton and Jasper counties), Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.
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The Experts' Choice: The Hottest Colleges in the Nation
What makes a college "hot"? Find out on this list of expert-recommended schools that are high in demand, from academic rigor to vibrant student life.
The Nondiscriminatory Colleges
These colleges have nondiscrimination policies that include gender identity/expression. The year the policy change went into effect, if known, is noted.
source: Transgender Law and Policy Institute
Where Foreign Language PhDs Received Their Undergraduate Degrees
It takes many years and a lot of hard work to earn a doctorate in a foreign language. But it all started with an undergraduate degree. Many current PhDs got their start at the schools listed here.
source: Weighted Baccalaureate Origins Study, Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium
Colleges With Strength in Men's Tennis: Division III
Spend your days flying across these clay courts.
I Want to Be a Doctor... But Wait, I Forgot to Take Science!
So you decided you want to be a doctor after getting a degree in art history. Oops. But that's okay. A lot of schools offer post-baccalaureate pre-medical programs, like those listed here. Although some award a bachelor's or master's degree, most are certificate programs.
source: Association of American Medical Colleges
Colleges With Accommodations and Services for the Hearing–Impaired Student
Here's a tip: Most hearing-impaired people can read lips, so just keep that in mind when you're talking to them. You don't need to shout at them--it makes you look like a crazy person.
Top Financial Aid Tips for Disadvantaged International Students
University can be expensive for international students in the US. Here's how economically disadvantaged students can pay for their education.
Colleges With Strength in Cycling
Is the Tour de France your own personal Super Bowl? Then take a look at these schools with great cycling programs.
Colleges in the Associated Kyoto Program
Fire-red temples, Mount Fuji, and the world's best sushi, hands down: who wouldn't to study in Japan? These schools sponsor students for an entire year in one of the country's oldest and most beautiful cities.
Colleges Where Teachers Are Particularly Supportive of Students With Learning Differences
The professors at these schools don't let anyone fall behind. For that, we think they should get an extra apple on their desk. Did we say apple? We meant a 25% raise.
Colleges Where Students With Learning Differences Succeed
As an expert on learning disabilities programs, Melinda Kopp knows more than we do--we can admit it! She's a Denver-based educational consultant, and she handpicked the following colleges for LD students.
Public Schools With the Greatest Percentage of Out–of–State First–Year Students
These universities must be doing something right, because students go the distance, literally, to attend.
source: CollegeXpress
The Experts' Choice: Colleges Where Learning–Disabled Students Succeed
Learning disabilities or not, we're all still going for a naked midnight run through the quad together.
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