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Now colleges are getting 'green rating'


Associated Press

Jobs related to the environment and alternative energy are touted as the next big growth sector by hiring firms. Institutions and corporations extol their own eco-virtues.

And now Princeton Review, one of the handbooks of college rankings-starved parents and high schoolers, will assign a ''green rating'' to higher education.

The rankings, developed in tandem with ecoAmerica, an environmental marketing agency, are based on the university's commitment to environmental responsibility, whether ''healthy and sustainable'' campus life is available for students and how well the school teaches its students to be good environmental citizens.

Classes about the environment, greenhouse gas reduction goals and recycling programs are all taken into account.

The list's top scorers for the 2007-08 school year:

Arizona State; Bates College; Binghamton University; College of the Atlantic; Emory University; Georgia Tech; Harvard; University of New Hampshire; University of Oregon; University of Washington; and Yale.


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