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TflneF[/lltiiJexsity r!f Dayton News Release "THE FISKE GUIDE TO COLLEGES 1989"

DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1988--The University of Dayton is featured in the

newly published "The Fiske Guide to Colleges 1989" as one of the "best and most

interesting institutions in the nation."

"The Fiske Guide to Colleges" is an expansion of the popular "Selective Guide

to Colleges," a best-selling college guide edited by Edward B. Fiske, education

columnist of "The New York Times." Billed as "the book that goes beyond the

statistics to straight talk about academics and campus life at colleges all over the

country," the guide highlights nearly 300 of the country's 2,000 four-year colleges.

UD received a rating of three for academics, which "suggests that the institu-

tion is a solid one," a three rating for quality of life and a five rating for so-

cial life. For a private university, its tuition falls in the "inexpensive" range.

Described as a university that tends to the social, academic and spiritual

needs of its students, UD prides itself on "the closeness and sense of community a~

mong its students and faculty members." The book praises UD's engineering, business

and science offerings, notes its "luxury" accommodations in the Virginia W. Ketter-

ing Residence Hall and mentions the football team's 1987 upset of Augustana College.

"Founded by the Society of Mary, Dayton continues to emphasize that order's

devotion to service," the guide notes. "More than 800 students in 20 different

public service areas volunteer their time to a variety of activities that include

tutoring local kids, reading to the blind and working with the terminally ill."

Other Ohio colleges include: Antioch College, Case Western Reserve Universi-

ty, University of Cincinnati, Denison University, Hiram College, Kent State Univer-

sity, Kenyon College, Miami University, Oberlin College, Ohio State University, Ohio

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