July 11, 2008—The Princeton Reviews green rating system makes its first appearance this summer with the publication of the popular annual guides that feature 600 college profiles with rankings on factors ranging from financial aid and selectivity to quality of life.
The Review added the green dimension to its ratings system after it found that 63 percent of college applicants surveyed said they would value having information about a college’s commitment to the environment and that such data could affect their choice to apply or attend a school.
The green rating is based on responses to a battery of questions that are designed to provide a comprehensive measure of a school’s performance as an “environmentally aware and responsible institution,” the Reviewsaid on its Web site.
Among other things, schools are asked about the extent to which they provide, foster and develop an environmentally responsible experience that prepares students “not only for employment in the clean energy economy of the 21st century, but also for citizenship in a world now defined by environmental challenges,” the Review said.
