{"id":20469,"date":"2023-08-16T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T14:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=20469"},"modified":"2025-02-05T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:10:02","slug":"best-389-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/best-389-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Best 389 Colleges&#8217; Book Endorses K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Princeton Review is\u202fplacing\u202fKalamazoo College\u202famong the top 15 percent of\u202fU.S. higher-education institutions for degree-seeking undergraduates by featuring K in the 2024 version of its annual guide,\u202f<em>The Best 389\u202fColleges<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the book, the education services company recommends colleges from the nation\u2019s 2,600 four-year institutions based on data it collects from administrators about their academic offerings, and surveys of students who rate and report on their experiences.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students lauded K through surveys as a place where they develop personal relationships with their peers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/faculty\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/faculty\/\">faculty<\/a> at a campus run by and for the students. In addition, students can quickly find their niche upon arriving thanks to a small-school environment where \u201ceveryone is always engaged in some kind of work they truly care about,\u201d the book says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Best 389 Colleges<\/em> doesn\u2019t provide individual rankings for the schools featured. However, K earned an additional mention in the guide as the No. 16 school on a list of the Top 20 Private Colleges for Making an Impact. This means K students said that their student-government opportunities, the College\u2019s sustainability efforts and K\u2019s on-campus engagement are providing them with opportunities to make a difference in their community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We salute Kalamazoo College for its outstanding academics and its many other impressive offerings,\u201d said Rob Franek, the Princeton Review&#8217;s editor-in-chief and lead author of <em>The Best 389 Colleges<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to recommend it as an ideal choice for students searching for their \u2018best-fit\u2019 college.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The printed publication is now available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/719704\/the-best-389-colleges-2024-by-the-princeton-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Penguin Random House website<\/a>. K\u2019s profile is available for free online along with the list of the 389 top schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/1_Best-389-colleges-2-cMUMMA-Academic-Rigor-ART-Rice-prof-2018-0352-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"An art professor guides a student by pointing at her project best 389 colleges\" class=\"wp-image-20470\" style=\"width:522px;height:696px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/1_Best-389-colleges-2-cMUMMA-Academic-Rigor-ART-Rice-prof-2018-0352-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/1_Best-389-colleges-2-cMUMMA-Academic-Rigor-ART-Rice-prof-2018-0352-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/1_Best-389-colleges-2-cMUMMA-Academic-Rigor-ART-Rice-prof-2018-0352-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/08\/1_Best-389-colleges-2-cMUMMA-Academic-Rigor-ART-Rice-prof-2018-0352.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">According to the 2024 edition of &#8220;The Best 389 Colleges&#8221; from the Princeton Review, students gave Kalamazoo College high marks for its open curriculum. The open curriculum means \u201cstudents have more time to explore exactly what they want to learn, rather than being required to take classes in which they have no interest,\u201d the book says.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Princeton Review is\u202fplacing\u202fKalamazoo College\u202famong the top 15 percent of\u202fU.S. higher-education institutions with its book,\u202f&#8221;The Best 389\u202fColleges.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":20474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,5,3],"tags":[228,39,38],"post_formats":[],"class_list":["post-20469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institutional-announcements","category-news-releases","category-news","tag-academics","tag-faculty","tag-students"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>&#039;Best 389 Colleges&#039; 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