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Sarasota News Leader July 12, 2013 Page 71 NEW COLLEGE GETS STRONG MARKS IN MORE COLLEGE GUIDEBOOKS New College of Florida got off to a hot start in July with high marks from the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2014, Colleges of Distinction and BestColleges.com, publications that advise students and families on the best choices for a college education, the college has announced. College Dublin in Ireland, the news release points out. Colleges of Distinction put New College on its list of nearly 300 institutions, noting that "as the state's independent honors college, New College of Florida retains its distinctive academic program and high standards which make it a college of choice for students who can manage the freedom and responsibility of designing their own education." The Fiske Guide, founded 30 years ago by former New York Times education Editor Edward B. Fiske, named New College a "Best Buy" — one of just 41 colleges in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to That guide, based on interviews with high earn that distinction, a news release says. school counselors, college officials, alumni The review called New College a "fast-rising and students, praised the college's teaching, star" with academics that are "very intense" saying, "NCF takes the life of the mind seribut in a non-competitive atmosphere, the release adds. Teaching is "outstanding" and pro- ously, and its high standards demand rigorous fessors "care about their students," the Fiske student involvement and motivation. Its students develop a sense of personal responsiGuide said. bility and habits of mind that enable them to The Fiske "Best Buy" colleges must meet the excel as lifelong learners in any vocation," the guide's criteria for a top four- or five-star aca- news release continues. demic rating, and they must be in its moderate- or low-price groupings, the news release BestColleges.com named New College one of notes. The rating places New College in the its 27 "Best Colleges for Non-Traditional Stucompany of noted institutions such as the dents," a list including Brown University, BeUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, loit College and Goucher College, the release the University of Texas at Austin and Trinity points out. New College is north of the city of Sarasota, with numerous buildings close to Sarasota Bay. Photo courtesy New College