OSU Admissions Blog » academic_focus http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:11:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Oregon State a Fiske ‘Best Buy’ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2012/08/28/oregon-state-a-fiske-best-buy/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2012/08/28/oregon-state-a-fiske-best-buy/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:32:38 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=5094 We are happy to announce that Oregon State has been chosen as one of the Fiske Guide ‘Best Buy’ institutions! For 2013, Fiske Guide to Colleges has designated 41 such institutions—20 public and 21 private—as Best Buys. All of the Best Buy schools fall into the inexpensive or moderate price category, and most have four- or five-star academics ratings.

Oregon State is the only Oregon school to make the list


Oregon State not only has excelled at providing students with an exceptional academic experience through undergraduate research and internship opportunities, but we’ve done our best to offset the costs of college for our students by providing scholarships that meet students’ needs. Scholarships are considered for students that apply prior to February 1.

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The College Sustainability Report Card is the only comparative evaluation of campus and endowment sustainability activities at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In
contrast to the academic focus on sustainability in research and teaching, the Report Card examines colleges and universities, as institutions, through the lens of sustainability. Sustainability signifies meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Are these considerations guiding how resources are managed in campus operations and endowment practices?

The Report Card is designed to identify colleges and universities that are leading
by example on sustainability. The aim is to provide accessible information for schools to learn from each other’s experiences and establish more effective sustainability policies.

Learn more about OSU’s sustainability efforts.

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