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According to The Princeton Review and Campus Compact, Portland State is one of the nation’s best colleges in fostering social responsibility and public service.

PSU was selected from a pool of 900 colleges to be featured in The Princeton Review’s forthcoming book, Colleges with a Conscience: 81 Great Schools with Outstanding Community Involvement (Random House / Princeton Review Books) and is the only public university in Oregon selected for the publication. Lewis & Clark College is the only other college or university in Oregon recognized.

The Princeton Review, a test-preparations company, partnered with Campus Compact, a national organization committed to the civic purposes of higher education, to choose the schools featured in the book. Criteria included the college’s admissions practices and scholarships rewarding community service; support for service learning programs, student activism, and student voice in school governance; and level of social engagement of its student body.

Available in bookstores on June 21, the book has two-page profiles on each college.