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Faculty & Residence Life Get High Marks in Princeton Review’s ‘Best Colleges’ Guide
August 5, 2011
The quality of classroom instruction and residence life makes
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology stand out among its
peers. Those are just two of the reasons why the college is
listed in The Princeton Review's 2012 guide of America's best
institutions for undergraduate education.
Rose-Hulman is profiled in "The Best 376 Colleges" (Random
House/Princeton Review) and recommended as a "great" college for
students considering careers in engineering, mechanical engineering
and computer science/computer engineering.
Based on student surveys, The Princeton Review listed
Rose-Hulman among the top 20 schools in the following specialized
categories:
- Professors Get High Marks: Ranked No. 9 for faculty
members being valued as good teachers.
- Residence Halls Like Palaces: Ranked No. 9 for student comfort
living in residence halls.
"We commend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for its
outstanding academics, which are the primary criteria for our
selection of schools for the book," stated Princeton Review Senior
Vice President/Publisher Robert Franek, who pointed out only about
15 percent of America's 2,500 four-year colleges are
profiled. "Our choices are based on institutional data we
collect about schools, our visits to schools over the years,
feedback we gather from students attending the schools, and the
opinions of our staff and our 28-member National College Counselor
Advisory Board. We also work to keep a wide representation of
colleges in the book by region, size, selectivity and
character."
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| Faculty Feedback: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
faculty, like applied biology and biomedical engineering professor
Kay C Dee, are known for getting to know their students away from
the classroom. |
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In the Rose-Hulman profile, The Princeton Review praises the
school for its "reputation as an excellent undergraduate
engineering school with a combination of strong academics and
personal attention, small class sizes and a family atmosphere."
Regarding the quality of Rose-Hulman professors, one student
stated "professors are always available outside of class."
Another student elaborated "our professors are personal and focus
on undergraduate education. They will know your name, ask if
you are okay if you miss a class or two, and even pull up a chair
next to your table at the bar."
About the makeup of Rose-Hulman's student body, a student stated
"the kids who attend Rose-Hulman are smart, dedicated and
consequently nerds," but "this is not a negative thing.
Within the students here, there are no outcasts, and even our
athletes are most likely also math-letes."
The Princeton Review's survey covered 122,000 students (about
325 per campus on average) attending the colleges in the
book. The 80-question survey asked students to rate their own
schools on several topics and report on their campus
experiences.