On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Perelman wrote: > >> The New York Times has a fascinating article about Berea College, a school >> that has no tuition, but expects students to work 10 hours a week. The >> school has a healthy endowment of $1 billion, but seems to use it for >> supporting education rather than fancy buildings. >> >> > This was how Black Mountain College worked. A century from now, scholars > will be writing about the impact of Black Mountain while the ivy league will > be a mere footnote. interesting. i missed michael's initial post and will have to go dig it up. i have a friend and former colleague who i believe had two daughters attend berea and it seems to work quite well. he spent a good part of a sabbatical year there, as well. i admit i would be (almost) happy if students committed to ten hours a week on their coursework. lol. j > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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