Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

by Loren Pope

Overview

Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide. This new edition profiles 41 colleges—all of which outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing performers, not only among A students but also among those who get Bs and Cs. Contents include:

• Evaluations of each school's program and "personality"

• Candid assessments by students, professors, and deans

• Information on the progress of graduates

This new edition not only revisits schools listed in previous volumes to give readers a comprehensive assessment, it also addresses such issues as homeschooling, learning
disabilities, and single-sex education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101221341
Publisher:	Temple Publications International, Inc.
Publication date:	07/25/2006
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	345,542
File size:	465 KB

About the Author

Loren Pope was education editor of the New York Times in the 1950s. In 1965 he opened the College Placement Bureau in Washington, D.C., to help families of college--bound students make informed choices. He is the author of Looking Beyond the Ivy League and has written numerous articles about the college application proc

Table of Contents

Getting Beyond the Hype (or Why you Can Relax and Enjoy your College Search) 1

Required Reading: College Myth Busters 11

Taking Your Learning Disability to College (and Why you're Going to Love It!) 17

Northeast

Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania 25

Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts 33

Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 41

Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont 49

Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 56

Mid-Atlantic

Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia 63

Goucher College, Towson, Maryland 71

Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia 79

McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland 86

South

Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia 93

Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama 101

Centre College, Danville, Kentucky 109

Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida 117

Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina 125

Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 131

Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi 139

New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida 146

Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee 154

Midwest

Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin 163

Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa 172

Denison University, Granville, Ohio 180

Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana 187

Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan 195

Hope College, Holland, Michigan 202

Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan 210

Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois 218

Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin 225

Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio 233

St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota 240

Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana 247

Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois 255

College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 263

Southwest

Austin College, Sherman, Texas 271

St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Annapolis, Maryland 279

Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas 286

West

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington 293

Reed College, Portland, Oregon 300

St. Mary's College of California, Moraga, California 308

Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington 315

Willamette University, Salem, Oregon 323

Colleges' Contact Information 331

Index of Colleges 339

Editorial Reviews

"Smart and credible."

The New York Times

"Smart and credible." — The New York Times

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