For 20 years, this leading guide to more than 300 colleges and universities has been an indispensable source of information for college-bound students and their parents. Hip and straightforward, the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2004 reliably describes the academic climates and the social and extracurricular scenes at the "best and most interesting" schools in the United States and Canada. Fiske's unique insight into what's not to be missed and what's to be avoided at each university reveals the academic strengths, the role of athletics and the social highlights at each school. Professor-student interaction, college setting and scholarships are also hot topics. Compiled from surveys of thousands of students and administrators, the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2004 is thoroughly updated annually. The resulting resource is the best guide to colleges and universities available; USA Today has called it the "most readable and informative" of all college guides. Book jacket.

Edward B. Fiske served for 17 years as Education Editor of The New York Times