Hmm, based upon the websites, if you were a prospective student, which would you rather go to?
One of these sites isn’t designing to its audience. See also: Aesthetics and Usability: A Look at Color and Balance, IBM relates Perceived Usability to the Real Thing. Snide remark: what good are blue links if you’re going to force the page width to 950 pixels? [actually there’s no strong relationship; try 2: what good are blue links if it looks hideous?]
Related Sites: GUUUI – The Interaction Designer’s Coffee Break, InfoDesign, Usability Views, cityofsound/blog, antenna, brightly colored food, Bloug, In My Experience