Since its release on Tuesday, September 7, AIER's College Destinations Index (CDI) has been highlighted by numerous TV, radio and print outlets. Recent additions to this include: Hartford Courant, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Lake Tribune, WTOP (Washington, DC), Ames Convention and Visitors Bureau (Iowa), CBS 6 WRGB (Albany affiliate), Say Campus Life blog, Onward State blog (Penn State), Iowa City Press Citizen, and Ithaca Journal:

Lynch said Ithaca did especially well in their measurements of academic environment. Ithaca has 310 college students for every 1000 residents, 11.5 percent of the student body is from overseas, and 64.4 percent of the population between 25 and 34 having completed a degree. Student concentration, degree attainment, and research spending were the highest among the top 20 college towns, as determined by AIER.

Additional articles about the CDI have appeared in the Centre Daily Times (State College, PA), Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Nashville Business Journal, College Guide blog (Washington Monthly), University Business Magazine, KUSA (NBC affiliate in Denver), KOMU (NBC affiliate in Columbia, MO), Denver Business Journal, Miami New Times, DCist blog (Washington, DC), Experience Career Website, Forbes' Clipmarks, Seattle Times, Union Leader (Manchester, NH), Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), Georgetown Voice blog (Washington, DC), Albany Times Union, Dispatches from Campus blog (St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH), The Healthy Turtle blog (Maryland School of Public Health), Jacksonville Business Journal, WOKV radio (Jacksonville, FL), Oregon State University admissions office blog, Only in Bridgeport blog, NBC Connecticut (Hartford affiliate), Fargo Forum, Florida Times Union (Jacksonville), Columbia Daily Tribune:

Stephens College will use the new report to recruit faculty members and tell prospective students about the town, spokeswoman Sara Fernández Cendón said.

The CDI was also mentioned on several TV programs, click on the name to read the transcript: Fox and Friends, News Channel 8 (Washington, DC), WUSA-TV (CBS affliate in Washington, DC), WSET-TV (Roanoke, Lynchburg, Blacksburg, VA), WMTV-TV (NBC affiliate in Madison, WI), KING-TV (Seattle, WA), KIRO-TV (Seattle, WA), KOMO-TV (ABC affiliate in Seattle, WA), KATU-TV (ABC affiliate in Portland, OR), KCRG (ABC Affiliate in Cedar Rapids, IA), WVIT-TV (NBC Affiliate in Hartford, CT), Northwest Cable News (Seattle, WA), KWWL (Waterloo, IA), KSWB-TV (Fox affiliate in San Diego, CA), WAHU-TV (Fox affliate in Charlottesville, NC), WBZ-AM (CBS affiliate in Boston, MA), WCAV-TV (CBS affiliate in Charlottesville, NC), WCVB-TV (ABC affiliate in Boston, MA), WDIV-TV (NBC affiliate in Detroit), WMAR-TV (ABC affiliate in Baltimore, MD).

The College Destinations Index is available free to our members in our archive or can be downloaded for free from our bookstore. Print copies are available for $2 each.

UPDATE (Sept. 14): The CDI has been mentioned in the following publications: American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Offices website, Daily Athenaeum (West Virginia University's student newspaper), WCTV (Tallahassee, FL), WKRO-FM radio (Orlando, FL), The Hartford Courant (Editorial), Graduate School of Management at Cornell news center, CollegeNews.com, WVU News (West Virginia), Southern New Hampshire University, Market Cap and Gown blog, Iowa City Area Development Organization, Missourian and the Diversity Blogspot.

UPDATE (Sept. 15): More publications have written article about the CDI. The Daily Texan (University of Texas-Austin student newspaper) and the Examiner.com (online news site).

UPDATE (Sept. 18): Marquette Tribune, Washington Express, Triangle Business Journal, The Eagle (American University student newspaper), and The Daily Free Press (Boston University student newspaper).