Law School of the Day: Ave Maria

In the wake of Villanova admitting that they "lacked character and fitness," shall we say, I find it necessary to give credit to a law school administration who appears to be doing things right.

I've previously disparaged Ave Maria; in one comment on another blog I remember naming it as a bottom-five law school on the grounds that it moved to a completely different region of the country (granted, they left Michigan, but seriously, who does that?).

But not only was Ave Maria the first school to agree to the reasonable requests of law school transparency, today it announced that it was freezing tuition rates - again - for next year:

Ave Maria School of Law announced Monday that it will freeze tuition for the 2011-12 academic year. It’s the second consecutive year the Naples-based institution has kept its rate flat.

Is there tuition still high as a kite at a Charlie Sheen all-nighter, all things considered? Yes, of course. But in a world where tuition rates vastly outpace the CPI, leveling tuition is an act worth beatification. This is undoubtably a positive that reflects well on Ave Maria's administration in comparison to many of its peers (and many schools regarded as significantly better).