Nazareth Chosen for Princeton Review's "Best 368 Colleges: 2009 Edition"

My college, Nazareth College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. Nazareth is one of only four schools in the nation to be added to the forthcoming edition of The Best 368 Colleges: 2009 Edition (Random House/Princeton Review Books, $21.95 paperback). The book will be available in bookstores in late July 2008.

“We chose Nazareth College as one of our ‘best’ undergraduate colleges for this, our flagship college guide, based on several criteria we consider when reviewing schools for the book. First, we must have a high regard for their academic programs and other offerings. Our selections also take into account institutional data we collect from the schools and the opinions of students attending them whom we survey. We also greatly value the feedback we get about schools from our college-savvy staff across the country as well as from students, educators and parents who use our services and books," said Robert Franek, V.P. & Publisher-The Princeton Review.

“The announcement that our college was selected for this honor has created a buzz of excitement on the Nazareth campus,” said Nazareth President Daan Braveman. “We have been included in Princeton Review’s Best in the Northeast and now are pleased to be included in the national ranking. As one of only four schools to be added to the 2009 edition, Nazareth is extremely proud of its work to earn this distinction.”

Nazareth College is also one of only two institutions in New York State that The Princeton Review is adding to the book this year. The other is City University of New York / Baruch College. They join 40 other schools in New York State in the book.

“The Best 368 Colleges: 2009 Edition presents a wide range of colleges in the book. Only about 10% of the colleges in the nation are in it, and they vary by region, size, selectivity and character,” said Franek. “Each one is an outstanding institution we highly recommend to college applicants and their parents. In our opinion, these are ‘the crème of the crop’ institutions for undergraduates in America. "

What distinguishes The Princeton Review's annual Best Colleges guide from all other college guides is that it is the only one offering both two-page profiles on the schools and student survey-based college ranking lists in over 60 categories. The lists report the book’s top 20 colleges in categories that range from the teaching ability of the faculty (“Profs Get High Marks”) to campus amenities (“Best Campus Food”) to aspects of the campus culture (most liberal / most conservative student bodies).

The Princeton Review itself does not rank the colleges in the book hierarchically - 1 to 368 – either for academics (the company believes all 368 schools are first-rate, academically) or by any other category. The book’s school profiles include dozens of quoted comments from surveyed students at each school.

Nazareth College is an independent, coeducational college with studies in the liberal arts and sciences, and professional programs in health and human services, education, and management at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Nazareth is committed to experiential learning, civic responsibility, and student/faculty engagement. In the past decade, twelve Nazareth students and eight professors have been awarded highly competitive Fulbright scholarships. For updated information on the College and its initiatives and programs, visit www.naz.edu.

Britney's Coming Back Already?

I was walking through the grocery store last night when I saw the headline "Inside Britney's Comeback." Of course it was on a tabloid...

Tell me, how Britney is already making a comeback? She's been all over the news from no hair to middle eastern boyfriend or whatever he is, lil' sis is getting smashed out by half of Hollywood...and now she's making a 

COMEBACK?!?!?!? 

I saw the preview for her guest spot on that Neil Patrick Harris show about a million times watching the NCAA games this weekend...she looks good. Damn good still if you ask me.

IDK what the hell she's thinking...but I wish she would go back to a being a nice girl, being hot and making music that makes people dance...and not this mythical creature that she appears to be.

BTW I got an interview with Producer J.Troup coming tomorrow...check it out!