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Independent college alumni are more likely to state complete satisfaction, to rate their undergraduate experience as excellent, and to express belief in the high quality of their type of undergraduate education than their publicly educated peers.
Fact 1 - Satisfaction Across Many Types of
Institutions
Graduates of liberal arts colleges (66 percent), large private research
universities (70 percent), and mid-sized private universities (62 percent)
are more likely than alumni of large public universities (54 percent)
or small state colleges (45 percent) to indicate that they are very satisfied
with the education they received.
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Fact 2 - Satisfaction Across Many Aspects
of College Life
Students at independent colleges are, across-the-board, more satisfied
than students at public universities with aspects of college life such
as counseling, advising, class size, and contact with faculty.
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Fact 3 - Complete Satisfaction
Forty-seven percent of independent college and university alumni surveyed
express complete satisfaction with the quality of their education, compared
with 35 percent of public university alumni.
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Fact 4 - Excellent Undergraduate
Experience
Independent college alumni surveyed are more likely than public university
graduates to rate their overall undergraduate experience as “excellent”
(61 percent vs. 40 percent).
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Fact 5 - Perception of Quality
Assuming costs are equal, 63 percent of independent college alumni surveyed
believe that private colleges provide a better quality education and 34
percent of the public university graduates agree.
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Fact 6 - Academic Reputation
Independent college graduates surveyed are more likely than public university
alumni to say they benefited very much from their institutions’
academic reputation (49 percent vs. 32 percent).
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These materials reference the themes and topics addressed in the above facts and data, serving as a helpful resource on how presidents and others are making the case for independent higher education.
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Speeches and Addresses |
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Lawrence D. Bryan, MacMurray College - September 24, 2004 G.T.
Smith, Bethany College (WV) - September 16, 2004 Utica
College State of the College Address Antoine M. Garibaldi, Gannon University - August 22, 2004 Nicholas Hayes, Saint John's University - August 28, 2002 Susan Bernini, College Misericordia - August 23, 2002 Roger Casey, Rollins College - August 23, 2002 |
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