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...ultimate goal is improving education, not just talking. Yet talk has its value. "The indicators we use to look at schools affect what schools focus on," says Nancy Rankin, at the National Parenting Association. "If they know they will get publicity as the top school for professor-student mentoring, maybe they will encourage faculty to be more available to students." Parents and college applicants who want to join the discourse can view the list of participating institutions on the NSSE website www.indiana.edu/NSSE) if any colleges they're interested in are included, they can ask those schools for their results...
...get there, we flew to Las Vegas and picked up a minivan for the 300-mile drive to Page, Ariz. Our girls--one nine and twins just shy of eight--took in the desolate landscape, with its red rock spires and stunning mesas, and fired off questions: "Are there dinosaur eggs buried here? Where are the Indians? Did you run over any rattlesnakes?" Gradually, the scenery turned flatter, less interesting and more relentless in its dull brown hues. Five hours passed, and then, without warning, a striking new color showed up on the horizon. An oasis of emerald blue-green...
...headed to our evening destination, a sandy beach hidden inside an alcove about 25 miles up the lake. It would take nearly three hours to get there. With the aid of a map and binoculars, we finally located an empty 80-ft.-wide crescent covered with soft, salmon-colored sand. No other boat or person was in sight. Once we had anchored, our daughters made a mad dash for the upper deck in what would be the first of innumerable shrieking rides down the slide into clear 80[degree] water. Though the bow of the boat was wedged securely...
...course, the Internet's strength is also its weakness. With so much information available--there are an estimated 100,000 travel-related sites--it's easy to get lost in a tangle of URLs. Sure, you may be able to get a good price on that airfare from New York City to Los Angeles, but it may take you hours...
...airport. Says Krista Pappas, director of the e-commerce travel division at Gomez, an Internet rating and research company: "As with anything where consumers are on a learning curve, there is some frustration. Is online booking perfect? No. But I think it will continue to grow and get better...