{"id":13710,"date":"2020-07-20T13:57:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=13710"},"modified":"2022-03-21T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:12:47","slug":"fiske-guide-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/fiske-guide-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fiske Guide to Colleges&#8217; Honors K"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13712\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13712\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/Fiske-Guide-to-Colleges-300x302.jpeg\" alt=\"Fiske Guide to Colleges\" width=\"300\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/Fiske-Guide-to-Colleges-300x302.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/Fiske-Guide-to-Colleges-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/Fiske-Guide-to-Colleges-298x300.jpeg 298w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/07\/Fiske-Guide-to-Colleges.jpeg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College is one of 300 institutions of higher education in the U.S., Canada and the UK featured in the latest Fiske Guide to Colleges.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kalamazoo College\u2019s academic and experiential excellence again is recognized in the annual <em>Fiske Guide to Colleges<\/em>, the publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sourcebooks.com\/\">Sourcebooks<\/a> has announced.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2021 version, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fiske-Guide-Colleges-2021-Edward\/dp\/1492664960\">available now<\/a>, the publication says K students \u201cpursue a liberal arts curriculum that includes language proficiency, a first-year writing seminar, sophomore and senior seminars, as well as a senior individualized project\u2014directed research, a creative piece, or a traditional thesis\u2014basically anything that caps off each student\u2019s education in some meaningful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to senior individualized projects promoting independent scholarship opportunities, the guide praises other tenets of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/\"><em>K-Plan<\/em><\/a>, the College\u2019s four-part, integrated approach to an excellent education, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/\">Rigorous academics<\/a>. The flexibility and rigor of K\u2019s curriculum provides students with a customized academic experience.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/experiential\/\">Experiential education<\/a>. students connect classroom learning with real-world experience by completing career development internships or externships, participating in civic engagement and service-learning projects, and getting involved in social justice leadership work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/study-abroad\/\">International and intercultural experience<\/a>. Students choose from 56 study abroad programs in 29 countries across six continents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The publication, compiled by former New York Times Education Editor Edward B. 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The flexibility and rigor of K\u2019s curriculum provides students with a customized academic experience.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/experiential\/\">Experiential education<\/a>. students connect classroom learning with real-world experience by completing career development internships or externships, participating in civic engagement and service-learning projects, and getting involved in social justice leadership work.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/study-abroad\/\">International and intercultural experience<\/a>. Students choose from 56 study abroad programs in 29 countries across six continents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The publication, compiled by former New York Times Education Editor Edward B. 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