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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1982
Page
308
Anne C Roark surveys the rise of college rating guides as a consumer aid and a debated industry. Guides from Yale New York Times Harvard and others rank programs and aid students families though critics warn of anecdotal data and potential errors.
A review of college guidebooks notes the Insiders' Guide to the Colleges uses a candid campus life view that angered Ithaca College officials who sued editors in 1978 79 for calling campus life staples sex drugs and booze. A New York appeals court found the language not libelous, prompting later editions to drop Ithaca references.
Iowa City ACT officials unveil a narrative score report that clarifies each student’s results. The new format explains norms and percentile relations within prose tied to the student’s performance, aiding counselors and boosting insights into college admission chances.
Tad eusz Slawek of the University of Silesia in Katowice will lecture at Cornell College at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the International Center. His talk titled Crossroads in Europe and Asia Roots and Tradition in Contemporary Poland will be open to the public. He recently completed a two month lectureship at UC San Diego before returning to Katowice. The talk will survey Poland in historical context and end with a discussion period.
Three non-traditional Coe College students receive the Eleanor Murray Shepherd Scholarship Awards marking the tenth anniversary of the program. Recipients Jewell Moore Campbell Donna Kaltenbach and Karen Mooty are noted for balancing education with family and work and for active community involvement.
Jennifer L. Bias of 514 18th St. SE received the John Williams Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin Platteville. A junior pre law major, she plans graduate work in public administration and law school, aiming for a career in politics.
The 1983 edition of Need a List catalogs more than $2 billion in scholarships loans and educational and employment opportunities nationwide. The American Legion booklet directs readers to write for information on careers from accounting to welding and highlights aid for children of deceased or disabled military members. The guide notes federal aid programs and the Evans Scholars Foundation among state benefits, with a $1 copy available by mail from Indianapolis.
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