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Colleges that Change Lives

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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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Appalachian State University

Boone, NC


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