USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: John Carroll University: Services & Facilities

John Carroll University

20700 N. Park Boulevard
University Heights, OH 44118

Basic services offered:: nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service
Remedial learning services offered:: study skills
Counseling services offered:: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, religious, other

Career services include:: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Within six months of graduation:: 63%
Within one year of graduation:: N/A
Within two years of graduation:: N/A
Firms that most frequently hire graduates:: Accenture; Bank of America; Ben Venue Laboratories; Cintas Corp; Citi Financial; City Year; Cleveland Clinic; Conde Nast Publications; Deloitte & Touche, LLP; Educational Resource Center of Cuyahoga County; Ernst & Young LLP; Euclid City School District; FedEX; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Goldman Sachs; Harvard University; Huntington National Bank; Hyland Software; JC Penney Logistics; Jesuit Volunteer Corps; KPMG LLP; KeyBank; Liggett Stashower; National City Corporation; National Survey Research Center; OMNOVA Solutions; Pennsylvania Department of the Auditor General; Penton Media, Inc; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Progressive; Shaker Heights School District; Sherwin Williams; Wyse Advertising

School has a library on campus?: Yes
School is a member of library consortia?: Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:: 751,046
Number of current serial subscriptions:: 8,141
Number of microforms:: 678,794
Number of audiovisual materials:: 8,203
Number of E-books:: 15,900
Additional library facilities:: On-line catalog, on-line course reserves, texts, references, 6738 electronic journals, 24x7 on-line electronic help (e-mail and live responses), G. K. Chesterton Collection, Papers of Fr. Frederick Odenbach, S.J.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:: Brand new state-of-the-art Dolan Center for Science and Technology houses departments of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computer science, and psychology, and supports initiatives to improve K-12 education and encourage technology start-ups in Northeastern Ohio

Students required to take a computer course?: No
Students required to lease/own a computer?: No
Number of computers available to all students:: 300
Internet access available to all students?: Yes
E-mail accounts available to all students?: Yes
Computers available for student use in:: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

In the library (excluding computer labs):: 20
In classrooms:: 150
In computer labs:: 12
Elsewhere in the school/university:: 2,200
Does the school have a wireless network?: Yes
Areas where wireless network is available:: in all the libraries; in all classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing; in all school buildings and on all school property
Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:: 3,000
Recommended computer operating system on campus:: Microsoft Windows
Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:: 100%
Student webpages permitted?: Yes
Is online registration for classes available?: Yes

Campus safety and security services offered:: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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