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Colleges that change lives 40 schools that will change the way you think about colleges

Offers profiles of forty-one colleges that focus on individual needs and academic standards, provides tips for choosing a school based on personality, and discusses such topics as learning disabilities and single-sex education.

Main Author: Pope, Loren.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
Edition: 4th rev. ed.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States > Directories.
School environment > United States.
College choice > United States.
Summary: Offers profiles of forty-one colleges that focus on individual needs and academic standards, provides tips for choosing a school based on personality, and discusses such topics as learning disabilities and single-sex education.
Item Description: Includes index.
"Revised by Hilary Masell Oswald."
Physical Description: ix, 340 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780143122302
0143122304
Author Notes: Loren Pope (1910-2008) 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 was also the author of Looking Beyond the Ivy League and wrote numerous articles about the college application process.

Hilary Masell Oswald lives in Denver, Colorado, where she writes about education, architecture and design, and public policy. Her work has appeared in Newsday , the Chicago Tribune , Edutopia, and other publications and websites.

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