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Green College Spotlight: Arizona State University at Tempe

Arizona State University at Tempe is one of the nation’s greenest colleges, gaining a lot of ground since just last year. ASU has been working really hard to green up their campus and get students involved, and all their hard work has paid off – they’re on the ‘Green Honor Roll’ for their B+ grade [...]

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Becoming Tomorrow’s Green Leaders: Top Environmental Undergrad Programs

Inevitably, somewhere around your junior year in high school, you start facing that all-important question: what do you want to do with your life? After all, your career choice will likely have a big influence on which college or university you choose to attend – and though it may seem like you’ve got ages before [...]

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Green College Spotlight: University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is well known as a research institution, and it’s also gaining a reputation as a leader in sustainability, so it’s no surprise that U-M is home to a wide variety of collaborative projects, research centers, initiatives and individual studies that focus on environmental sustainability.
There is a seemingly endless list of centers, [...]

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Green College Spotlight: Dickinson College

Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania is one of the greenest colleges in the nation, having earned an A- on the 2008 College Sustainability Report Card. The private liberal arts college has earned accolades for its commitment to climate neutrality, a smart and effective energy program, excellent waste management practices, dedication to green building and other [...]

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Green College Spotlight: Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY

Binghamton University was recognized by the Princeton Review as one of 11 colleges in America that reached the highest score possible, 99, on their new ‘green rating’ system. It’s a well-deserved honor – Binghamton hasn’t just put sustainability initiatives at the top of their priorities on campus, they’ve also dedicated themselves to researching some of [...]

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More Info for College Students: Princeton Review Adding Sustainability Ratings to their College Rankings

The jury’s still out on whether college ratings provided by outlets like Newsweek and the U.S. News and World Report are actually helpful to students and their families. There have been a lot of questions about some of the statistics used to rank schools, and some colleges have been known to intentionally skew data to [...]

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