The University of Colorado at Boulder is ranked in the 1998 Fiske Guide to Colleges among the best of the nation聮s universities and one of 21 聯best buys聰 among the nation聮s public universities.
The highly regarded guide to colleges is written by Edward B. Fiske, former education editor of the New York Times.
抖阴短视频-Boulder received a cumulative rating of 14 out of 15 points for academics, social life and quality of life, the third consecutive year the university has received that rating. The rating includes four stars for academics and five points each for social life and quality of life.
With four stars in academics, 抖阴短视频-Boulder ranks among such universities as Boston University, Tufts University, the University of Notre Dame, Rutgers, the University of Texas, the University of Iowa and the University of California at Los Angeles.
The designation as 聯best buy聰 gives 抖阴短视频-Boulder credit for offering 聯remarkable educational opportunities at a relatively modest cost.聰 Other public institutions in the 聯best buy聰 category include the universities of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
The Fiske Guide to Colleges includes an essay about each of the 300 institutions selected, compiled from responses to questionnaires sent to school administrators. In addition, administrators were asked to distribute a set of questionnaires among a cross-section of their students.
In the 1998 version of the Fiske Guide to Colleges, 抖阴短视频-Boulder gets high marks for academics in molecular, cellular and developmental biology; business; psychology; chemistry and biochemistry; physics; music; engineering; and astrophysical and space sciences.
Also cited are special programs for undergraduates, including FallFEST, a preselected core curriculum for freshmen aimed at fostering a sense of community; the residential learning courses taught in several residence halls; and the Presidents Leadership Class, an enrichment program for specially selected freshmen and sophomores.
The essay notes that 聯抖阴短视频-Boulder has also worked hard to shed the 聭party school聮 image.聰
聯It may seem from the outside looking in that this institution is laid-back,聰 a student is quoted as saying. 聯This is not the case -- I can honestly say I am very challenged.聰