{"id":9066,"date":"2017-07-11T08:43:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T12:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=9066"},"modified":"2022-04-04T10:52:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T14:52:22","slug":"fiske-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/fiske-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalamazoo College Included in &#8216;Fiske Guide to Colleges&#8217; for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The publisher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcebooks.com\/spotlight\/fiske-guide-to-colleges.html\">Sourcebooks<\/a> announced Tuesday that Kalamazoo College again is included in the annual &#8220;Fiske Guide to Colleges,&#8221; a useful resource for high school students and their families when they research prospective colleges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9067\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9067\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/07\/FiskeFeature_3_300-300x301.jpg\" alt=\"Fiske Guide to Colleges logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/07\/FiskeFeature_3_300-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/07\/FiskeFeature_3_300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/07\/FiskeFeature_3_300-299x300.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/07\/FiskeFeature_3_300.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College again will be one of more than 300 schools featured in the 2018 version in the &#8220;Fiske Guide to Colleges&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2018 publication, compiled by former New York Times Education Editor Edward B. Fiske, is a selective, subjective and systematic look at more than 300 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Fiske Guide to Colleges&#8221; is available as a paperback book, as an iPad app on iTunes, and as a Web program on <a href=\"http:\/\/CollegeCountdown.com\">CollegeCountdown.com<\/a>. The guide\u2019s readers discover the personality of a college based on a broad range of subjects throughout the text including the student body, academics, social life, financial aid, campus setting, housing, food and extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo College \u201caims to prepare students for real life by helping them synthesize the liberal arts education they receive on campus with their experiences abroad,\u201d the publication says, adding that K students are passionate and determined to make a difference. The guide also discusses the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/\"><em>K-Plan<\/em><\/a>, Kalamazoo College\u2019s four-part, integrated approach to an excellent education in the liberal arts and sciences. <em>K-Plan<\/em> tenets include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rigorous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/\">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>international and intercultural experience. 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a useful resource for high school students and their families when they research prospective colleges.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9067\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9067\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9067\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/07\/FiskeFeature_3_300-300x301.jpg\" alt=\"Fiske Guide to Colleges logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"301\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalamazoo College again will be one of more than 300 schools featured in the 2018 version in the &#8220;Fiske Guide to Colleges&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2018 publication, compiled by former New York Times Education Editor Edward B. Fiske, is a selective, subjective and systematic look at more than 300 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Fiske Guide to Colleges&#8221; is available as a paperback book, as an iPad app on iTunes, and as a Web program on <a href=\"http:\/\/CollegeCountdown.com\">CollegeCountdown.com<\/a>. The guide\u2019s readers discover the personality of a college based on a broad range of subjects throughout the text including the student body, academics, social life, financial aid, campus setting, housing, food and extracurricular activities.<\/p>\n<p>Kalamazoo College \u201caims to prepare students for real life by helping them synthesize the liberal arts education they receive on campus with their experiences abroad,\u201d the publication says, adding that K students are passionate and determined to make a difference. The guide also discusses the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/\"><em>K-Plan<\/em><\/a>, Kalamazoo College\u2019s four-part, integrated approach to an excellent education in the liberal arts and sciences. <em>K-Plan<\/em> tenets include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>rigorous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/academic\/\">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>international and intercultural experience. Students choose from 42 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/k-plan\/study-abroad\/\">study abroad<\/a> programs in 24 countries across six continents; and<\/li>\n<li>independent scholarship. 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