Colleges That Change Lives

Loren Pope, a veteran journalist and college counselor, argues that students are better served by small, student-centered liberal-arts colleges than by chasing big-name schools. His guide profiles forty such schools across the United States. Organized by region, each profile covers admissions, the curriculum, campus life and the views of faculty, students and alumni. Pope wants to steer students and parents toward colleges that offer close teaching rather than giant lectures and football weekends.

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Seth Godin: “The more you learn about the industry of marketing colleges, the more skeptical you'll become of the $150,000 famous school degree. Every high school parent in America should read this book.”