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I. The higher education institutions listed in CONNECTION'S 2003 DIRECTORY OF NEW ENGLAND COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES are authorized to grant academic degrees at certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's or doctoral levels. Colleges and universities are listed alphabetically by state with public institutions appearing first, followed by independent institutions. A special section listing law and medical schools follows the state-by-state sections. Independent institutions listed are nonprofit except for the following for-profit institutions: Briarwood College, Gibbs College, Goodwin College and Paier College of Art Inc. in Connecticut; Andover College, Real College and Mid-State College in Maine; Arthur D. Little Management Education Institute, Katharine Gibbs School and New England Institute of Art and Communications in Massachusetts; Hesser College and McIntosh College in New Hampshire; and New England Culinary Institute in Vermont. Information in the institutional listings is derived from a New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) survey conducted in the summer of 2002.
2. Institutions generally provide their main telephone and fax numbers and the institution's homepage on the World Wide Web. (For telephone numbers of admissions offices, see the section of each listing titled "Admissions Information.")
3. Brief descriptions note the year the institution was founded, types of programs offered and degrees awarded.
4. The NEBHE survey asks campuses to provide the names and titles of senior campus officers. In general, the campus officers listed include presidents, academic deans, chief financial officers and undergraduate admissions and financial aid officers.
5. Most New England colleges and universities are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), a regional accrediting body based in Bedford, Mass. NEASC accreditation indicates that a college has purposes appropriate...