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Title: Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges
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| Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Penguin (Non-Classics) Out of date very inaccurate | | This book is worthless now. The chspter on Southwestern is very misleadinhg and not good advice in picking a school. The prgressive regime of President Shilling has beem replaced by a minister bringing to an end the transformation. With large loss in the endowment in 2000 they are having a hard time doing anything innovative. I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THR REST BUT IF THIS IS INDICATIVE DO NOT BUY OR USE THIS BOOK. | | Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Penguin (Non-Classics) Good perspective. | | This book offers a useful perspective on the attributes that make a good college, taking attention away from how "exclusive" or hard to get into a college is and placing it instead on how well the college is able to deliver a quality education to students. I am sure there are many more than 40 colleges that fit this category, and much of the match to a student is quite personal anyway, but helping to take some of the frantic nature out of the college hunt is a good contribution. | | Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Penguin (Non-Classics) What Good is a Liberal Arts Education These Days Anyway? | | Unlike most of the other people who have reviewed this book, most of whom merely have offspring at one of the forty colleges listed in Pope's book, I am a 2005 graduate of Earlham College (a college which Pope praises lavishly and excessively and offers highly outdated information about in C.T.C.L.) and now I find myself wondering what my liberal arts degree was (and for that matter is) good for. To be sure, I used Pope's book in making my college selection, and I enjoyed my time in college (and I suspect many/most of the graduates at the other 39 colleges Pope lists enjoyed their times there too). But parents, high school students, and society at large, need to ask themselves whether it is worth it to spend nearly (or more than) $150,000 that these fancy liberal arts colleges cost to send their kids to a place where they can explore their sexuality, drink beer, engage in drinking games, cuddle, go to protests, play frisbee, and read Foucault (and other such drivel), which, of course, is all students at liberal arts schools do these days. I honestly believe one can go to a trade school/community college, interact with a more a diverse segment of the population, earn a useful degree, and come out a better (if much less cynical and slightly less educated) person. Pope's advice is worth a look, but hardly the price. | | Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Penguin (Non-Classics) This is a "must read" for parents of teens with lower GPA/SAT scores | | This book has helped me to evaluate colleges for my children and to discover that excellent, albeit lesser-known colleges, exist for bright teens who have different learning styles than predominant teaching styles, and therefore do not necessarily fit the SAT/GPA cookie-cutter mold once they are nearing senior year in high school. This book reports on a study of 40 colleges that teach to various learning differences and produce a high number of successful graduates, in business and number of post-baccalaureate degrees, as compared to the Ivy Leagues. "B" students, and even frustrated high school dropouts are acceptable among these colleges. One particular chapter entitled " Today's Learning Disabled are Tomorrow's Gifted" discusses at length various common indicators of "learning disabled" which are eye opening at least, because they are also normal characteristics of adolescents! I know from experience with my son having been in a Gifted Student program in grammar school, that having had teachers especially trained to instruct to "learning differences" hugely changed his life for the better. I highly recommend this book to any parent/high school student with similar concerns. I sincerely believe you can change your child's life if you read this book. | | Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Penguin (Non-Classics) Interesting read! | | 'Colleges That...' by Loren Pope, was an interesting read. Given the present state of affairs, (a luming cultural divide) I didn't think there were any liberal learning institutions in the U.S. that still embraced real learning. I was under the impression that most of our colleges and universities preferred to push our kids through the system in an assembly-line like fashion. It was a pleasure to find that we still have tolerant institutions in this country that preferred passionate, nurturing professor's with a fire for growing young minds. My only complaint is, I would've liked to have seen more than 40 universities listed. I think a list of maybe 400 schools would've been more palatable. Of course, that would've led to a title change, but what the hell? | | Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges by Penguin (Non-Classics) Product Description | Now fully revised—the perennially popular guide to choosing the right college
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. |
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