What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This

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14. you're simply wrong.

Champlain College continues to be one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school for the third year in the new 2014 edition of its annual college guide, "The Best 378 Colleges," (Random House / Princeton Review, $23.99.)

Champlain College President David F. Finney said, "This continuing recognition is a reflection of everyone at Champlain College for a commitment to providing the most student-centric, professionally-focused, education in the country."

Only about 15 percent of America's 2,500 four-year colleges and only four colleges outside the United States are profiled in the book which is The Princeton Review's flagship college guide. It includes detailed profiles of the colleges with rating scores for all schools in eight categories, plus ranking lists of top 20 schools in the book in 62 categories based on The Princeton Review's surveys of 126,000 students attending the colleges.

The schools in "The Best 378 Colleges" also have rating scores in eight categories that The Princeton Review tallies based on institutional data it collected during the 2012-13 academic year and/or its student survey for the book. The ratings are scores on a scale of 60 to 99 and they appear in each school profile. Rating categories include: Academics, Admissions Selectivity, Financial Aid, Fire Safety, and Green, a measure of school's commitment to the environment in its policies, practices and education programs. Among the ratings in the Champlain profile are scores of 96 for quality of life and 92 for Green rating and 84 for Academics. The Princeton Review explains the basis for each rating score in the book and online.

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http://www.champlain.edu/about-champlain/newsroom/princeton-review-2014

http://vtdigger.org/2013/09/10/champlain-is-top-up-and-comer-college-in-u-s-news-2014-best-colleges-ranking/

neoliberal? not in the least. the college atmosphere is firmly rooted in Vermont liberalism- from the admin to the faculty.

It has a strong focus on the environment and sustainablility:

http://www.champlain.edu/student-life/campus-and-community-programs/sustain-champlain/programs-sustain-champlain/green-revolving-fund

It also has a strong focus on volunteering both in the community and beyond.