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Before and after its launch, U-CAN has generated considerable national attention. Here is a list of stories, with links, that have mentioned or featured the project. The list is updated regularly.
Baltimore Sun (Oct. 5, 2008)
St. John's stands against rankings with U-CAN
Detroit News (Sept. 29, 2008)
New Web site aids students in college search
Chronicle of Higher Education (Sept. 29, 2008)
2 Higher-Ed Groups Expand Web Site With Accountability Data
Inside Higher Ed (Sept. 29, 2008)
The Competition to Be Transparent
BusinessWeek (Sept. 24, 2008)
Monster branches out into college admissions
USA Today (Sept. 17, 2008)
Help for parents and students thinking about college -- and the costs
Inside Higher Ed (Sept. 12, 2008)
Parental views on cost
Chronicle of Higher Education (Sept. 12, 2008)
Private Colleges Are Encouraged to Make Their Case on Costs
Daily Princetonian (Sept. 11, 2008)
U. continues to send U.S. News peer reviews
Burlington, Vt., Free Press (Aug. 23, 2008)
A new set of rankings kicks off college application season
Schenectady, N.Y., Daily Gazette (Aug. 23, 2008)
College officials criticize rankings
Telegram & Gazette (Aug. 17, 2008)
U-CAN 2.0
Center for College Affordability and Productivity Blog (July 20, 2008)
Three good moves towards transparency and accountability
Chronicle of Higher Education (June 27, 2008)
Colleges Should Go Beyond the Rhetoric of Accountability
Philadelphia Daily News (May 19, 2008)
No way to rate higher ed
Pittsburgh-Post Gazette (May 4, 2008)
The Rating Game (opinion piece)
USA Today (April 4, 2008)
More colleges make consumer information public
Miami Herald (Mar. 23, 2008)
New websites give just the facts (no web link available)
Georgetown Hoya (Feb. 8, 2008)
House Passes Comprehensive Higher Education Bill
North Jersey Record (Jan. 17, 2008)
College bound? Start now (nationally syndicated column)
New York Times Education Life (Jan. 6, 2008)
The College Info Fest
Christian Science Monitor (Dec. 27, 2007)
The college tour goes online
Charlotte Observer (Nov. 27, 2007)
Web site's college information is more useful than rankings (no web link available) (opinion piece)
Watertown Daily Times (Nov. 24, 2007)
Clarkson University President Collins supports annual college rankings (no web link available)
Chronicle of Higher Education (Nov. 23, 2007)
Boycotting Rankings Is Not the Answer
Newsweek (Nov. 16, 2007)
Standardized Tests in College?
Daily Princetonian (Nov. 16, 2007)
New bill to restrict downloads
Daytona Beach, Fla., News-Journal (Nov. 12, 2007)
Web tools help area students find right college (no web link available)
National Journal (Nov. 10, 2007)
Grading the Colleges (no web link available)
USA Today (Nov. 5, 2007)
Beyond rankings: A new way to look for a college
Morristown, N.J., Daily Record (Nov. 5, 2007)
Centenary opens up assessment information (no web link available)
San Francisco Chronicle (Nov. 4, 2007)
College bound
Washington Times (Oct. 29, 2007)
Measuring achievement in higher education (NAICU letter to the editor) (no web link available)
Seattle Times (Oct. 26, 2007)
Are they really the "best" schools?
Bergen County, N.J., Record (Oct. 27, 2007)
A new resource for comparing private colleges (no web link available) (nationally syndicated column)
Chicago Tribune (Oct. 24, 2007)
Private colleges fighting back with their own guide (no web link available)
Norfolk, Va., Virginian-Pilot (Oct. 21, 2007)
Career Connection (no web link available)
Asbury Park Press (Oct. 19, 2007)
New Web sites aid college search (no web link available)
Tampa Tribune (Oct. 8, 2007)
Database Has Score On Private Colleges
Westchester, NY, Journal News (Oct. 6, 2007)
Need to Pick a College?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Oct. 6, 2007)
Private College Resource (no web link available)
Reading Eagle (Oct. 4, 2007)
High marks are given to new Web site on college selection
Philadelphia Inquirer (Oct. 4, 2007)
Rethinking college rankings(opinion piece)(no web link available)
Tampa Bay Business Journal (Oct. 3, 2007)
Eckerd College joins new college ranking system
Carlisle Sentinel (Oct. 1, 2007)
Private colleges offer data
WPTZ.com (Oct. 1, 2007)
Four Private Colleges Join Web-Based List
University Business (Oct. 2007)
Changing Student Demographics
Burlington Free Press (Sept. 30, 2007)
Four Vermont colleges join consumer information network (no web link available)
Allentown Morning Call (Sept. 30, 2007)
U-CAN helps students and their parents choose the 'right' college or university (no web link available) (editorial)
San Antonio Express-News (Sept. 29, 2007)
Comment: College comparison is now made easy (no web link available)
Baltimore Business Journal (Sept. 28, 2007)
Shop for Maryland colleges online (subscription required)
Newport News Daily Press (Sept. 28, 2007)
Online service quickly compares private colleges (no web link available)
Lansing State Journal (Sept. 28, 2007)
Need to pick a college? Head online (no web link available)
Chicago Tribune (Sept. 27, 2007)
Private colleges get a bit of a boost (no web link available)
Seattle Post Intelligencer (Sept. 27, 2007)
New web site makes picking college easier
Cedar Rapids Gazette (Sept. 27, 2007)
National Web site offers admissions info for 600 colleges (no web link available)
Greenville News (Sept. 27, 2007)
College comparison Web site unveiled (no web link available)
Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice (Sept. 27, 2007)
New web site brings private colleges to the public
Columbia Daily Tribune (September 27, 2007)
Colleges launch site to rival U.S. News school rankings
Albany Times Union (September 27, 2007)
Colleges unveil own database
Northwest Indiana Times (September 27, 2007)
U-CAN look it up
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (September 27, 2007)
Local schools on new online database
Allentown Morning Call (September 27, 2007)
College profile Web site unveiled (no web link available)
Asbury Park Press (September 27, 2007)
Need to pick a college? New Web sites can help (no web link available)
Watertown Daily News (September 27, 2007)
Two schools like new college-guide index (payment required)
Chambersburg Public Opinion (September 27, 2007)
Wilson joins effort to make comparisons of colleges easier
BusinessWeek (September 26, 2007)
A new tool for the college bound
Inside Higher Ed (September 26, 2007)
Accountability and the Applicant
Chronicle of Higher Education (September 26, 2007)
Information, Please: As One Consumer Database Debuts, Higher-Education Leaders Ponder Another
Abilene, Texas, Reporter-News (September 26, 2007)
Local universities seek new national ratings
USA Today (September 25, 2007)
Need to pick a college? New websites can help
St. Paul Pioneer Press (September 25, 2007)
New web site to smooth college quest
Chronicle of Higher Education (September 25, 2007)
College Comparison Web Site Debuts
Education Week (September 10, 2007)
Colleges Build Web Sites to Enable Campus Comparisons, Sans Ranks
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 9, 2007)
College Rankings: Is it rank, or a rank? (no web link available)
Minneapolis Star Tribune (September 5, 2007)
Colleges are changing the rankings game (editorial)
Chronicle of Higher Education (September 4, 2007)
The 'U.S. News' Rankings Roll On
San Antonio Express-News (August 31, 2007)
Compare college rankings to reality (opinion piece)
Kerrville, TX, Daily Times (August 21, 2007)
Schreiner University makes U.S. News list
Cleveland Plain Dealer (August 21, 2007)
College ranks and college angst (opinion piece)
San Antonio Express-News (August 20, 2007)
Use college rankings with a grain of salt (editorial)
The DePauw (August 20, 2007)
DePauw U. protests news mag's ranking methods
Carlisle Sentinel (August 19, 2007)
Dickinson president serves on panel challenging college rankings (no web link available)
Time Magazine (August 18, 2007)
Much Ado About College Rankings
Baltimore Examiner (August 18, 2007)
College presidents developing alternative to U.S. News rankings
Greenville News (August 17, 2007)
Clemson, Furman move up in magazine rankings (no web link available)
Washington Post (August 17, 2007)
U.S. News's College Rankings Face Competition and Criticism
Omaha World-Herald (August 17, 2007)
Colleges promote alternative to ranking
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Star-Tribune (August 17, 2007)
Colleges increasingly avoiding 'Best' label
San Antonio Express-News (August 17, 2007)
Colleges call 'elitist' list distorting; magazine defends it as useful tool (no web link available)
York, Neb., News-Times (August 16, 2007)
Better information for a better college choice (opinion piece) (no web link available)
St. Petersburg, Fla., Times (August 6, 2007)
Do your homework on college rankings (editorial)
Waterbury, Conn., Republican-American (August 3, 2007)
College Dropouts
Sioux Falls, SD, Argus Leader (July 25, 2007)
College guide: Useful or irrelevant? (no web link available)
The Chronicle, Duke University (July 25, 2007)
Ranking the Rankings
Macon, Ga., Telegraph (July 23, 2007)
Wesleyan boycotts college rankings (no web link available)
Bloomberg News (July 23, 2007)
Williams, Amherst Won't Fight System
Indianapolis Business Journal (July 21, 2007)
Some Indiana Colleges Revolt Against Survey
Christian Science Monitor (July 19, 2007)
A better way to rank America's colleges
Columbus Dispatch (July 14, 2007)
Magazine's college rankings done poorly
Lynchburg, Va., News & Advance (July 10, 2007)
Sweet Briar boycotting U.S. News and World Report rankings
Burlington, Vt., Free Press (July 10, 2007)
College rankings rile some schools (no web link available)
Richmond Times-Dispatch (July 7, 2007)
Colleges question U.S. News rankings
New York Times (July 4, 2007)
Colleges Join Forces on a Web Presence to Let Prospective Students Research and Compare
Cincinnati Enquirer (July 2, 2007)
Ranking the college rankings (editorial) (no web link available)
Spartanburg, S.C., Herald Journal (July 1, 2007)
Converse, Wofford balk at taking part in U.S. News survey
Chronicle of Higher Education (June 26, 2007)
Private-Colleges Group Proposes Template to Foster Comparisons of Members
Inside Higher Ed (June 26, 2007)
Campus Accountability Proposals Evolve
Philadelphia Inquirer (June 24, 2007)
U.S. News' College Rankings Overrated (no web link available) (editorial)
U.S. News & World Report (June 22, 2007)
About the Annapolis Group's Statement (column)
Cleveland Plain Dealer (June 21, 2007)
Liberal arts schools protest U.S. News survey
Time (June 20, 2007)
A Better Way to Rank Colleges?
CNN (June 20, 2007)
Many American colleges balk at U.S. News rankings
USA Today (June 20, 2007)
Some colleges may opt out of rankings
Inside Higher Ed (June 20, 2007)
More Momentum Against 'U.S. News'
Chronicle of Higher Education (June 20, 2007)
Annapolis Group Challenges 'U.S. News' Rankings
Allentown, Pa., Morning Call (June 20, 2007)
3 local colleges join others in bucking U.S. News rankings (no web link available)
New York Times (June 20, 2007)
Some Colleges To Drop Out Of Rankings By Magazine
Bloomberg News (June 19, 2007)
More Colleges Plan to Snub Annual U.S. News Ranking
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