The Princeton Review Names Trinity a "Best Value" College

http://www.trincoll.edu/AboutTrinity/News_Events/trinity_news/010809_PR.htm

I love how the Trinity public relations department bashes the methodology of publications like U.S. News and World Report when we slip in the "beauty pageant" rankings, yet they proudly announce any equally frivolous positive reports.
Anyone remember a few years ago when the Princeton Review called Trin #1 for "Strained Town-Gown Relations" and "Homogeneous Student Body"? I bet they weren't mentioning those headlines on the admissions tours.

I am naked ooo ooo... naked! so what?

(my neighbor can see my tits.. oh well, he will survive it)

Value? I would not call my tuition value priced

Seriously OP, something good comes out about our school and you feel a need to bitch about it?

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They're just doing their job, dumbass.

well it makes sense to downplay the bad and brag about the good. seems like a pretty basic PR strategy.

Trin does tons of shit for the community in terms of local hiring and establishing a community center. The locals mug us. Our fault? Me thinks no.

Lets oversimplify everything shall we?

Whoever wrote that Trinity is a Best Value should be fired for lying through their teeth. Oof. Excellent school? Yes!! Value?! Forgetaboutit!

Trinity is a best value school. It has put itself on the same ranks as schools like Yale and Harvard financially because it has a commitment to meeting 100% of a student's financial need while still being an excellent school.
The ~50% of students who will not feel it is a "best value" because, logistically, these students are not receiving any aid because there is no financial need presented. These students are helping, with the superb endowment and alumni support, make it possible for Trinity to give such good financial aid to those who need it.
I feel it. I feel Trinity really is a best value school, it is why it rose to the top of my list when I was choosing schools.
PR is advertising this because they are doing their job. They are making it known that Trinity has something good to offer given the current economy.

You should be able to calculate the "value" of a college by looking at the amount of time it takes an alum to recoup his total tuition/room/board/etc. with the salary of the first few years.
Let's say a capable 20-something can make 20k a year without a college education. If he spent 25k a year at a state school and then made 40k a year straight out, that added education would pay for itself after about 5 years.
If he went to private college and paid 50k a year and then made 50k straight out, it would take him 6.7 years to break even. Clearly state school is a better value.

You can't really extend this logic beyond entry-level jobs because then leadership skills and other intangibles start to come into play. Private school graduates might have higher lifetime earnings, but they are also more likely to benefit from nepotism, inheritance, etc.

If you consider "value" something other than an economics concept, like happiness or satisfaction, then it's impossible to quantify and rank.

But Jimmy has been in the news lately for refusing to submit statistics to USNWR. If the administration is going to invoke some higher intellectual authority, shouldn't it at least be applied consistently?
I guess the benefits of good press coverage outweigh the drawbacks of hypocrisy. The school is, after all, primarily a business.

EVERY school is a business. Every business has problems. Ours happens to be a highly ranked business? Good for us. Let's not whine. Lots of people wanted to be a part of this business who couldn't, and there are lots of other businesses you can go to if you don't like this one's PR department.

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i'm on full scholarship. i'm poor as dirt, but getting a great education for practically nothing. i think that's pretty good value, economically and practically speaking.