CCC Listed in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges

2021年11月3日

Central 社区 College is one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review.

The education services company features CCC in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2022 Edition. 免费使用 在这里, the guide profiles 420 colleges.

The Princeton Review chose the schools based on a survey of administrators at 835 colleges in 2020-21 about their institutions’ commitments to the environment and sustainability. The company's editors analyzed more than 25 survey data points to select the schools.

“Central 社区 College is pleased to again be recognized for its commitment to sustainability by The Princeton Review,本·牛顿说。, CCC environmental sustainability director. “This honor would not have been possible without the assistance of the entire CCC community in supporting our commitment to our environmental sustainability action plan. The wind turbine at the 黑斯廷斯校园, the Kearney community solar shares program, pollinator gardens at multiple CCC locations, and solar powered bike share at all campuses demonstrate how CCC is a sustainability leader in Nebraska and nationally.”

"We strongly recommend Central 社区 College to students who want to study and live at a green college,罗伯·弗兰克说, The Princeton Review's Editor-in-Chief. "CCC offers excellent academics and demonstrates a commitment to sustainability that is exemplary on many counts."

Franek noted that The Princeton Review has seen an increasing level of interest among students in attending college with green practices, 项目, 和产品. Seventy-eight percent of the more than 11,000 college applicants that participated in The Princeton Review's 2021 大学的希望 & 烦恼的调查 said that having information about a college's commitment to the environment would affect their decision to apply to or attend a school. A report on the survey findings, which also polled parents of college applicants, 可以在WWW上下载.princetonreview.com/college-hopes-worries.

学校简介 The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges include "Green Facts" sections detailing such matters as the availability of transportation alternatives on campus and the percentage of the college food budget spent on local/organic food. The profiles also provide information about the schools' admission requirements, 成本, 金融援助, and student body demographics.

The Princeton Review chose the 420 colleges based on its 2020-21survey of administrators at 835 colleges concerning their institutions' sustainability-related policies, 实践和计划.