| |  | Author: Loren Pope
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 2,632
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 320
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.1 x 1
ISBN: 0143037366
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.73
EAN: 9780143037361
Publication Date: July 25, 2006
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 Out of date very inaccurate April 22, 2008
Thomas C. Mcgill (Pasadena, CA USA)
8 out of 20 found this review helpful
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.
Good perspective. February 8, 2008
D. Robertson
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 What Good is a Liberal Arts Education These Days Anyway? January 26, 2008
Emeraldcityserendipity (Seattle, WA)
23 out of 39 found this review helpful
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book, I am a 2005 graduate of Earlham College (a college which Pope praises lavishly and excessively and offers highly outdated information about in C.T.C.L.) and now I find myself wondering what my liberal arts degree was (and for that matter is) good for.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.
 This is a "must read" for parents of teens with lower GPA/SAT scores December 27, 2007
K. E. Schneider
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
I great compliment to Looking Beyond the Ivy League November 25, 2007
Dextra L. Suggs (Bucca, Iraq)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Colleges That Change Lives, by Loren Pope, offers first-rate insights about some not-so-well-known colleges that may be a bit off the beaten path. These avant-garde institutions operate outside the norm of conventional wisdom and structure of a typical university setting, providing - in a lot of cases - a myriad of tailor made guidance for students. With unconventional acceptance, implementation and creative measures, in many cases, these institutions have opened their doors and educational hearts to an eclectic student body of high achievers and allowed their institutions to grow and change along with the growing changing needs of an intelligent student body. These changes include vegan dining facilities, unconventional professor office hours, tailor-made curriculum planning and so on. I only wish the list was longer because I would expect that there are more institutions out there (big and small) with similar processes. I can't be sure because I haven't done the research (so this is completely unfounded) but I think a list of maybe 400 schools would've been more appropriate. Of course, that would've led to a title change, but what the hell? Despite that trivial little caveat, I remain a fan of Mr. Pope's dedication to helping the public find comfortable, affordable and exceptional institutions truly dedicated to the institution of higher learning. Like Looking Beyond the Ivy League, Colleges That Change Lives may not be the best book on the market about college selection, but it is an insightful and fun read.
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