3 days ago by Mark

College campuses have social stereotypes: The geeky, intellectual campus. The very conservative campus, both socially and politically The earthy-crunchy campus where veganism is common The laid-back, middle-of-the-road, “I-don’t-take-life-too-seriously” sort of place The quirky campus full of off-be ...

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154 days ago by Ashes

A prayer to start the day! Clay Aiken is busy (likely planning surprises for us!), so until we hear from him we keep the home fires burning by searching, visiting links to Clay fan blogs, watching lots of YouTubes, and reviewing all the clack on our computers. Today's blog has a video and pictures r ...

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182 days ago by Mark

Sometimes campus tour guides go above and beyond. While on the University of Alabama campus recently, I was treated to a private tour by a polite, knowledgeable, and good humored young gentleman. He gave me the grand tour, and fielded my penetrating questions very well. So I asked him whether he tho ...

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186 days ago by Mark

When I visit college and university campuses, I try to search for a few distinguishing features that will help me remember what makes this particular institution stand out from its peers. Often I will start by asking admissions counselors–who are, after all, in the business of marketing–what they se ...

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213 days ago by Mark

I spend about 20% of my time touring around the country getting acquainted with colleges. Millsaps College had been on my list for quite some time, in part because Loren Pope raves about it in “40 Colleges That Change Lives.” So when a trip to New Orleans to participate in a board retreat for the Hi ...

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