The UCAN (University and College Accountability Network) today introduced their version of a college search site meant to provide information to prospective students. Although the format is colorful and generally easy to get around I was disappointed in the site overall. There are a number of well known colleges that are not listed when a search is done and when a search is done to find colleges within a certain distance of a zip code, there are colleges missed that are in the database. Futhermore, the search capability is weak and the available information is no greater than what is generally available in other sites.

I applaud the UCAN group for working on an alternative to the information provided by US News but this site needs a lot of work to be as useful as the IPEDS/COOL site which was just revamped this week.

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