2010 Fiske Guide to Colleges praises TCNJ as a “budget Ivy”

EWING, NJ … Selecting the right college that coincides with particular needs, goals, interests and personality is one of the most important decisions any young person will ever make. With more than 2,200 four-year colleges in the United States, prospective students are overwhelmed with information and do not know how to begin their search for […]

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EWING, NJ … Selecting the right college that coincides with particular needs, goals, interests and personality is one of the most important decisions any young person will ever make. With more than 2,200 four-year colleges in the United States, prospective students are overwhelmed with information and do not know how to begin their search for the correct college based on their individual preferences.

The revised and updated 2010 edition of Fiske Guide to Colleges by Edward B. Fiske features over 330 of the country’s best and most interesting colleges and universities.

The College of New Jersey is included in the 2010 edition. The guide praises TCNJ as “an up-and-coming public institution with special focus on undergraduates, an emphasis more commonly found at a private school. TCNJ offers professors focused on teaching and a campus physically similar to one found down the road at Princeton University – without the Ivy League price.”

For more than 20 years, this leading guide has been an indispensible source of information for college-bound students and their parents for two main reasons. First, the Fiske Guide to Colleges is selective, covering just the best and most interesting institutions in the United States and Canada. Secondly, it is a subjective presentation rather than a statistical one, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each institution in terms of academics, social life and overall quality of life.

Students, parents and high school counselors trust and recommend Edward B. Fiske and the Fiske Guide to Colleges because it is fiercely independent. The Fiske Guide accepts no consulting, advertising or other fees from colleges and has no outside relationship of colleges working on its behalf.

Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as education editor of The New York Times, during which time he realized that college-bound students and their families needed better information on which to base their educational choices. He wrote Fiske Guide to Colleges to help them.

For more information, please visit http://www.sourcebookscollege.com and http://fiskeguide.com.