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Colleges that Change Lives

These schools aren't your keg-infested animal houses. In Colleges that Change Lives: 40 Schools that Will Change the Way You Think About College (Penguin Books), educational consultant and former New York Times education editor Loren Pope profiles 40 colleges that "excel at developing potential, values, initiative, and risk-taking in a wide range of students." These are the colleges selected.

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• Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA)
• Allegheny College (Meadville, PA)
• Antioch College (Yellow Springs, OH)
• Austin College (Sherman, TX)
• Beloit College (Beloit, WI)
• Birmingham–Southern College (Birmingham, AL)
• Centre College (Danville, KY)
• Clark University (Worcester, MA)
• Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA)
• Denison University (Granville, OH)
• Earlham College (Richmond, IN)
• Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)
• Emory & Henry College (Emory, VA)
• Goucher College (Baltimore, MD)
• Guilford College (Greensboro, NC)
• Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
• Hendrix College (Conway, AR)
• Hiram College (Hiram, OH)
• Hope College (Holland, MI)
• Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA)
• Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI)
• Knox College (Galesburg, IL)
• Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)
• Lynchburg College (Lynchburg, VA)
• Marlboro College (Marlboro, VT)
• McDaniel College (Westminster, MD)
• Millsaps College (Jackson, MS)
• New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL)
• Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)
• Reed College (Portland, OR)
• Rhodes College (Memphis, TN)
• Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX)
• St. John's College (Annapolis, MD)
• St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM)
• St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
• The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
• The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
• Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA)
• Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN)
• Wheaton College (Norton, MA)
• Whitman College (Walla Walla, WA)