What Would an Ideal College Look Like? A Lot Like This
by John Tierney
While you’re busy designing your version of the ideal, I can take a nap or go fishing, because somebody has already built mine: Champlain College. (Read it here.)
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How Did a ‘Public Ivy’ Take Root in Vermont?
How Did a ‘Public Ivy’ Take Root in Vermont?
by John Tierney
There are lots of familiar American “college towns” – places where a single university dominates the social and economic life of the city. Think Boulder, Ann Arbor, Madison, Berkeley, Princeton, Charlottesville. None of those college towns has quite the feel of Burlington, Vermont. (Read it here.)
Vermont Report: Shaping the Soul of a School
Vermont Report: Shaping the Soul of a School
by Deborah Fallows
The school’s neighborhood is home to a mix of the down-and-out, the frontier-pushers, and is also the first stop for many of Burlington’s constant influx of refugees and immigrants. (Read it here.)
American Futures 