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by Martha O'Connell, executive director of Colleges That Change Lives "We live in a goal-focused society in which becoming a mindful, lifelong learner — instead of an educational trophy hunter — is not an easily achieved state of mind. "If I held the magic wand for education, my wish would be that students might approach the college search, as well as their day-to-day learning, with a greater appreciation for the long view: It is not about the race to the end, but instead what you learn from each step in the journey."
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College degree programs that train students only for a specific job may be fine for getting the first job. But that's not the skill that will get them the job beyond that first one or help them keep their job as the world of work changes around them. |
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What college rankings really tell us. |
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Award-winning documentary film that echos the CTCL message of "one student at a time" in a call to mobilize families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens. Click to view website. |
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What sensible and ambitious students should keep in mind about where they go to school. |
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Looking beyond name recognition when searching for colleges, students leave themselves open to more possibilities for colleges that will be a great fit for them. |
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Smart colleges give students a healthy dose of the real world. |
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Questions about the U.S. News and World Report rankings of colleges and universities and about our relationship to those rankings are a sideshow to the serious issues that should steadily concern us about higher education today. By Douglas C. Bennett, President, Earlham College, delivered to the Annapolis Group, June 2007. Click to view article. |
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Although colleges typically accept more than two-thirds of their applicants—and two-thirds of students get into their first-choice school—admissions anxiety around a small group of highly selective colleges is more intense than ever. But there are still many students who have chosen not to get caught up in the frenzy. They are marching to a different drummer and choosing colleges with different profiles. |
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TIME Magazine profiles Colleges That Change Lives in this article titled "Who Needs Harvard?" By Nancy Gibbs; Nathan Thornburgh, appearing in August of 2006.  click to view article.
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The pressure on smart kids to get into top schools has never been higher … but the differences between these schools and the next tier, like those featured in Loren Pope’s Colleges That Change Lives, have never been smaller, according to Gregg Easterbrook, contributing editor of The Atlantic. This article appeared in the October 2004 (Annual College Guide) issue of The Atlantic. click to view article.
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