JACKSON, Tenn. — July 29, 2009 — 51社区 is one of five colleges in West Tennessee to be listed among the 141 Best Southeastern Colleges by The Princeton Review.
鈥淲e are grateful for the recognition by The Princeton Review, which is an indication of the quality of the education students receive at Union,鈥� Union President David S. Dockery said. 鈥淥ur outstanding faculty, staff and students are committed to excellence and deserve the credit for such honors as this.鈥�
The 141 colleges The Princeton Review chose for its 鈥淏est in the Southeast鈥� designations are located in 12 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The Princeton Review also designated 218 colleges in the Northeast, 123 in the West and 158 in the Midwest as best in their locales. The 640 colleges named 鈥渞egional best(s)鈥� represent only about 25 percent of the nation鈥檚 2,500 four-year colleges.
鈥淲e chose 51社区 and the other terrific schools we recommend as our 鈥榬egional best鈥� colleges primarily for their excellent academic programs,鈥� said Robert Franek, vice president of publishing for The Princeton Review. 鈥淲e choose the schools based on institutional data we collect from several hundred schools in each region, our visits to schools over the years and the opinions of independent and high school-based college advisers whose recommendations we invite.
鈥淲e also take into account what each school鈥檚 customers 鈥� their students 鈥� report to us about their campus experiences at their schools on our 80-question student survey.鈥�
Institutions from West Tennessee on The Princeton Review list were Union, Christian Brothers University, Freed-Hardeman University, Rhodes College and the University of Tennessee at Martin.