How to Use CONNECTION'S 2005 Directory

New England Journal of Higher Education, The, 2005

1. The higher education institutions listed in CONNECTION'S 2005 DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES are authorized to grant academic degrees at certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's or doctoral levels. Colleges and universities are listed alphabetically by state with public institutions appearing first, followed by independent institutions. A separate section listing law and medical schools follows the state-by-state sections.

Independent institutions listed are nonprofit except for the following for-profit institutions: Briarwood College, Gibbs College, Goodwill College and Paier College of Art Inc. in Connecticut; Andover College and Beal College in Maine; Gibbs College and New England Institute of Art in Massachusetts; Hesser College and Mclntosh College in New Hampshire; and New England Culinary Institute in Vermont.

Information in the institutional listings is derived from a New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) survey conducted in the summer of 2004.

2. Institutions generally provide their main telephone and fax numbers and the institution's homepage on the World Wide Web. (For telephone numbers of admissions offices, see the section of each listing titled "Admissions Information.")

3. Brief factual descriptions note the year the institution was founded, types of programs offered and degrees awarded.

4. The NEBHE survey asks campuses to provide the names and titles of senior campus officers. In general, the campus officers Listed include presidents, academic deans, chief financial officers and undergraduate admissions and financial aid officers.

5. Most New England colleges and universities are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), a regional accrediting body based in Bedford, Massachusetts. NEASC accreditation indicates that a college has purposes appropriate to higher education, has the necessary resources to achieve its stated purposes through educational programs, is substantially doing so, and gives reasonable evidence that it will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Accreditation by NEASC applies to the institution as a whole; therefore it is not a guarantee of the quality of every course offered. NE indicates that an institution is accredited by NEASC. NE cand indicates that the institution is a candidate for accreditation by NEASC.

Some New England institutions and/or their individual programs are accredited by other accrediting bodies. Specialized indicates that an institution or one or more of its academic programs carries such accreditation. Interested students should contact the institution directly for information about such accreditation.

In the case of the law and medical schools additional accreditation is indicated as follows:

AALS Association of American Law Schools

ABA American Bar Association

AMA-AAMA American Medical Association-American Association of Medical Assistants

AMA-CAHEA American Medical Association-Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation

AOA American Osteopathic Association

LCME Liaison Committee on Medical Education

6. In a semester system, the academic year is divided into two equal units. In a trimester system, the year is divided into three units. In a quarter system, the year is divided into four units. Other calendar systems include 4-1-4, which features two terms of four months each and a one-month intersession intended for experimental or intensive study and variations such as 4-4-1 or 4-1-4-1.

7. An institution's student body is classified as men for men only, women for women only or coed for men and women.

8. Tuition/Fees generally refers to annual tuition and mandatory fees for a typical undergraduate (except in the case of institutions that enroll only graduate students). Institutions listing tuition per credit hour are footnoted as such. For public institutions, in-state tuition and mandatory fees are listed first; followed by out-of-state tuition and mandatory fees. RSP Tuition refers to reduced tuition paid at public institutions by students participating in NEBHE's Regional Student Program (see pages 18-22 for more information). Regular out-of-state fees apply, Tuition and fees are current for the 20042005 academic year. Fees may include the cost of health insurance required by some institutions if students are not covered by comparable health insurance and may vary according to program of study. The figures listed for Tuition/Fees do not include room and board charges unless otherwise indicated.

9. Room and Board Charge refers to average annual charges for students living on campus and participating in a standard meal plan (unless otherwise noted) during the 2004-2005 academic year.

10. Housing Type is categorized as: m - housing for men; w - housing for women; c - coed housing; and f - housing for families or married students.

11. Listing generally shows the 2004 estimated market value of institutional endowment, unless otherwise indicated. Endowments under $1 million are not reported. In most cases, the value of endowments listed in the law and medical school section are also included in the affiliated institution's total endowment in the state-by-state listings.