Choosing the right college

Choosing the Right College (second edition 2001) provides the complete, inside scoop on the 110 colleges and universities rated best by U.S. News & World Report, Peterson's, Money, and other higher education references. Compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI)—a non-profit educational foundation with a nationwide network of 50,000 student and faculty members—Choosing the Right College provides first-hand information on what life is really like on the nation's most prestigious campuses.

The essays featured in ISI's guide provide a clear picture of the academic and social traditions, student organizations, and settings that make each school unique. Choosing the Right College gives you the good and the bad about each school; it helps you find your way through the confusing maze of schools, departments, and courses. With it, you'll get the most out of your college experience.

Read the Sample Entries in Choosing the Right College
Read the reports from the first edition on eight schools, with inside information on the rigor of the curriculum and the state of academic freedom, how to navigate trendy campus politics, and how to find the best that each school has to offer. Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, these essays assess the intellectual, political, and social conditions at the schools. Each entry includes a full Introduction and three comprehensive sections that detail the school's "Academic Life," "Political Atmosphere," and "Student Life."

Why the ISI guide?
Learn why ISI's guide is unique among college guides and how it is specially geared to meet the needs of students determined to get the most out of their undergraduate years.

Using the Guide
Find out how ISI's guide can help you to attain the broad education in the liberal arts and sciences that best prepares one for success. In particular, learn about the liberal arts tradition and how the special features of this guide will help you navigate your way to achieving a wide-ranging and humane education.

Read the Introduction by William J. Bennett
Learn more about the guide's educational philosophy from William J. Bennett, best-selling author of The Book of Virtues and Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey. Bennett, former U.S. Education Secretary, says the ISI guide "cuts through the information glut to the heart of the matter."

ISI's College Guide: Table of Contents
Review the list of 110 colleges and universities included in Choosing the Right College. The selection of schools reflects the guide's aim to be truly representative and offer students and parents the entire range of educational choices.