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Show New York Times' 'Best Buys' guide calls University of Utah a bargain- submitted by the University of Utah University News Service The University of Utah has been included in The New York Times' "The Best Buys in College Education," Educa-tion," a book by Times education editor Edward B. Fiske and education educa-tion writer Joseph Michalak. The book, recently published by Times Books, a division of Ramdom House, Inc., was intended as a guide for families looking for colleges offering of-fering a good education at relatively low costs. The book includes statistical information and writeups of approximately 200 colleges and universities across the nation, both public and private. According to Fiske, the book includes in-cludes public institutions that had not only a reasonable tuition structure struc-ture but a "special overall margin of excellence normally associated with the best private universities." State schools also were selected on the basis of their honors colleges and other special programs and resources that pushed them into the . "ranks of our most distinguished academic institutions." Fiske and Michalak selected the 200 institutions they considered the best values in American higher education,. Writeups were based on administration questionnaires soliciting standard statistical information infor-mation and reasons administrators considered their school special and on 10 student questionnaires designed design-ed to give parallel information from the student point of view. 1 ' The university listing cited the school's $1,050 resident tuition' and $2,580 out of state tuition as "low public-university tuition." It also noted that 50 percent of students receive need-based financial aid with an average award of $4,600. Non-need freshman awards are . available in a variety of academic, leadership, departmental, talent and athletic scholarships as well. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine ROTCs were listed as additional money-saving options as were Advanced Ad-vanced Placement and CLEP credits. . "Utah offers good financial aid, and in-state status is easy to earn even if you come from somewhere else," the book noted. "All you do is live in Utah for a year and make noises that you want to make it your home." The book called the university a "premier research (institution) in artificial organs and limbs", and cited its programs in health sciences, business, engineering' and performing arts. Listed as the areas of greatest success were chemistry, geology, communication, ', counseling, counsel-ing, psychology, physics and dance. The year-long Utah Plan, the Liberal Education and Honors programs pro-grams and the 50 foreign exchange programs in 25 countries also were cited. The book noted that almost 90 percent per-cent of the student body lives off campus, and that nearby houses and apartments can be found for reasonable rates. The nine nearby ski resorts and the "thriving cultural outpost" of Salt Lake City were listed as extracurricular inducements. in-ducements. "University of Utah can mean many things to many people," wrote Fiske, "but to everyone who goes there it means a relaxed atmosphere, at-mosphere, strong acamdemics, and ' a glorious view and use of the Wasatch Range of the Rockies. " |