{"product_id":"inside-honors-ratings-and-reviews-of-sixty-public-university-honors-programs-9780692783818","title":"INSIDE HONORS: Ratings and Reviews of Sixty Public University Honors Programs","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do parents and prospective students have any idea about the true quality of an honors program  assuming that the students enrolled have met high admission standards? Understanding what makes a program substantive must begin with an analysis of the ground game  the graduation requirements  the specific mix of classes by discipline  the total number of honors sections  actual class sizes  honors grad ratesand  yes  the availability of special housing and perks  including priority registration for all courses. These factors and others are rated for the 50 honors colleges and programs listed below. Another 10 programs receive unrated  summary reviews Find out if honors programs are really a combination of a liberal arts college in the midst of a prominent research university  with all the advantages of both? This typical description of public honors programs is sometimes true  sometimes misleading  and fairly often offset by equivalent values that are not mentioned in the hype. College choice almost always involves money. Is that private college that your National Merit Scholar has always dreamed of attending really worth an extra $30 000 a year  since all merit aid at the private college is need-based  and your income  even with a family of four  leaves such a big balance? What  then  might make a public honors option truly competitive? It might be those eight honors math sections  or those interdisciplinary seminars at every class level  or that study-abroad stipend to attend Oxford in the summer  or that (mostly) quiet honors dorm with on-site dining  mentors  and study lounges on every floor  or the combination of writing  rhetoric  and honors business classes that will make your student a well-rounded success in life. And  often  it will be that merit award worth $10 000 a year  to go with a waiver of out-of-state tuition. Yes  honors programs are complicated  but so are your college choice decisions. To understand exactly what these programs offer  parents and prospective students need to look inside honors. Rated Programs: Alabama  Arizona  Arizona State  Arkansas  Auburn  Clemson  Colorado State  Connecticut  CUNY Macaulay  Delaware  Georgia  Georgia State  Houston  Idaho  Illinois  Indiana  Iowa  Kentucky  LSU  Maryland  Massachusetts  Minnesota  Mississippi  Missouri  Montana  New Jersey Inst Tech  New Mexico  North Carolina  Oklahoma  Oklahoma State  Oregon  Oregon State  Penn State  Purdue  South Carolina  South Dakota  Temple  Tennessee  Texas A\u0026amp;M  Texas Tech  UC Irvine  Univ of Central Florida  UT Austin  Utah  Vermont  Virginia Commonwealth  Virginia Tech  Washington  Washington State. Editor John Willingham has spent five years researching and writing about public university honors programs. This is his third book on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44938369204277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0692783814","price":99.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780692783818.jpg?v=1787666934","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/inside-honors-ratings-and-reviews-of-sixty-public-university-honors-programs-9780692783818","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}