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Wesleyan Named a "College of Distinction"
January, 2007
Wesleyan College has been named a “college of distinction” by Student Horizons, Inc. and will be one of 300 colleges highlighted in a guidebook published later this year. Through its publication and website, the organization profiles teaching-centered colleges and universities throughout the United States that consistently excel at engaging students, fostering vibrant campus communities, and producing successful graduates.
An independent committee of high school counselors and college admissions professionals selected Wesleyan for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Colleges of Distinction guidebook. Selection to the prestigious group is based on four distinctions, or established pillars of a solid undergraduate education: student engagement in the educational process, great teaching, vibrant learning communities, and successful outcomes.
The selection criteria delves well beyond the usual criteria utilized to develop popular national college rankings to look instead at the total college experience. The organization examines issues that students encounter as they enter an institution, while they are on campus, and beyond.
Most importantly, Colleges of Distinction examines whether students are enriched by their experiences at their institutions. Looking at the total college experience, the organization expanded upon the criteria identified by the national Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE). Other criteria areas include: selectivity rate, graduation rate, retention rate, faculty to student ratio, class size, alumni giving rate, student involvement, experimental learning opportunities, rate of employment after graduation, and rate of graduate school acceptance.
The purpose of the guide is to help high school students and their parents find a college that will be the right fit for their individual personalities and career objectives. The guidebook will profile colleges and universities with an emphasis on how each institution fits into the four distinctions.
Other selected institutions in Georgia include Agnes Scott College, Berry College, Georgia College & State University, LaGrange College, Morehouse College, Oglethorpe University, and Spelman College.
Student Horizons, Inc., headquartered in Washington DC, is a media and technology company that was founded by a group of concerned parents in 2002 in association with college and high school educators. The company’s main mission is to promote teaching-centered, residential colleges and universities that excel at engaged learning, personalized teaching, creating a vibrant campus community and focus on positive employment and graduate and professional schools outcomes. |
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