September 26, 2008

Education Conservancy Unveils Prototype for ‘Noncommercial’ College-Search Tool

By Eric Hoover

Seattle

Lloyd Thacker has long criticized college rankings. On Thursday he unveiled a prototype for what he describes as a “noncommercial” alternative.

At the annual conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling here, a few dozen admissions officials and high-school counselors got an early look at CollegeSpeak, an interactive online tool that would allow applicants to search a database of information about colleges, and encourage them to think critically

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