Making the Case

Key Messages and Data • Making the Case Resources • Media Activity • Speeches and Addresses • Books and Reports •

Fact 5 - Academic Challenge
Both first-year and senior independent college and university students report writing more papers and spending more time outside of class in preparation than first-year and senior public university students. For instance, 57 percent of first-year students at independent colleges report having to read more than ten assigned books or book-length packs of course readings, compared with 42 percent of the first-year public university students.

*Percent of students reporting "very much" or "quite a bit"
Source: National Survey of Student Engagement (2003) comparison report prepared for the Council of Independent Colleges.