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...whose 124 members take up most of the slots in U.S News's list of the top 100 liberal arts schools, is putting its collective weight behind a web-based alternative to the rankings that is being spearheaded by the 900-member National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. NAICU's easy-to-read template, which is expected to be rolled out by hundreds of schools in September, allows students and their families to pull up extensive information organized in an objective format that includes such data as what percentage of students graduate in four years compared to those...
...NAICU is trying to provide a more complete picture than U.S News, and the new format doesn't gloss over unpleasant details. For example, it will list a school's current tuition alongside the sticker price from each of the previous four years (Parents, get ready to watch those bar charts keep climbing upwards over time!). It will also include the percentage of students who receive financial aid as well as what the average net tuition is for financial aid recipients...
...links to such sought-after details as a school's campus safety report, internship and career-placement services and information about how many of its graduates go on to grad school or are employed in the field of their choice within a certain amount of time after graduation. However, NAICU stops short of ranking schools in numerical order and although the association will serve as a central repository for all the new data, which can also be accessed through an individual school's site, students and their families will have to print out the two-page profiles if they want...
...Nassirian is a lobbyist, not an analyst. The folks at NAICU are lobbyists, not analysts,” King wrote in an e-mail...
After reviewing the study, Prometheus Research—a New Haven firm which is headed by a Yale professor—has also backed King’s survey methods, statistical analysis and conclusions, calling the criticisms by the NAICU and AACRAO “not warranted” in a press release...