Electronic AIR Volume 27, Number 4 (3/15/2007) 

E-AIR Special Bulletin - U.S. News' Plans for the 2008 Edition of America's Best 
       Colleges 
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TITLE: U.S. News' Plans for the 2008 Edition of America's Best 
       Colleges 

PREPARED: March, 2007 

Author: Bob Morse, Director of Data Research, U.S. News & World Report        
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U.S. News would like to update AIR members on the latest U.S. News' plans 
for the 2008 Edition of America's Best Colleges. 

DATA COLLECTION for the main, financial aid, and finance surveys began 
March 14, 2007.  Each of your school's contacts should have received an 
email from a US News Data Researcher with details on how to access the 
online surveys.  If you are a survey contact and you did not receive 
the emailed survey notice, please contact Vachelle Manly, Data 
Collection Manager, at mailto:vmanly@usnews.com. 

THE RANKINGS/GUIDE IS SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED THE WEEK OF AUGUST 20, 
2007 and online approximately August 17, 2007.  In mid-August, U.S. 
News will again update AIR members on the details of the data release. 
Any school that completes the U.S. News Main or Financial Aid survey 
will get a free 12-month pass, starting in mid-August 2007, to the 
U.S. News Best Colleges premium online web site. 

U.S. NEWS AND THE NEW BASIC CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATIONS: In late February 2006, 
the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education released the revised "basic 
classification" of higher education institutions.  U.S. News has always 
used the Carnegie Classification as the basis for our America's Best 
Colleges ranking categories.  U.S. News has decided to follow the 
"basic" Carnegie Classification as of February 2007 for the upcoming 
rankings, to be published in August 2007 called the 2008 edition of 
America's Best Colleges.  As a result, some colleges have changed U.S. 
News ranking categories from last year. 

RANKING QUESTIONS: If you have questions about the U.S. News rankings, 
U.S. News and the Basic Carnegie Classifications or the U.S. News peer 
assessment surveys, contact Bob Morse, Director of Data Research at 
mailto:bmorse@usnews.com. 

In advance, U.S. News would like to thank AIR members for 
participating in the current U.S. News Best Colleges data collection. 
We fully understand that it takes a lot of work to fill out surveys. 

Robert J. Morse 
Director of Data Research 
U.S. News & World Report 
1050 Thomas Jefferson St. NW 
Washington, DC 20007 

Phone: 202-955-2389 
Fax: 202-955-2263 
www.usnews.com 

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