Aug. 5, 2011 | WMU News
"From several hundred schools in each region, we winnowed our list based on institutional data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of our staff, plus college counselors and advisors whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what students at the schools reported to us. Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional 'best' lists," says Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president and publisher.
The project asks students to rate their school on several issues--from the accessibility of their professors to quality of the campus food--and answer questions about themselves, their fellow students and their campus life. Comments from surveyed students are quoted in the school profiles on the Princeton Review site. The profiles also have a "Survey Says" list that reveals topics about which students surveyed at the school were in highest agreement.
WMU was one of only 13 public and private schools chosen in Michigan for the list that also included Michigan State University, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Michigan-Flint and Kalamazoo College.
For more information, visit the Princeton Review's Best Regional Colleges online.
