So what small residential liberal arts college has been a question (or answer) on the hit game show Jeopardy! twelve times to date? That would be Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, a mere 15 miles north of Manhattan. Sarah Lawrence is one of several New York institutions looking to move their accreditation to NECHE and…Continue readingPit Stop #62: Sarah Lawrence College
Category: Master’s Degrees
There are small towns, and then there are smaller towns. But South Royalton, Vermont is actually a village of about 700 folks within the town of Royalton. Now, South Royalton may be small but it is also home to an extraordinarily special institution: Vermont Law and Graduate School. (Vermont Law also has a second home, up the…Continue readingPit Stop #57: Vermont Law and Graduate School
I have to admit that Bangladesh was never on my list of must-visit places, but after just a few days there, it’s absolutely on my must-visit-again list. And trust me, it’s not because I made this trip for the weather since as it turns out, I visited in the middle of monsoon season. (I’ll never complain…Continue readingPit Stop #54: Asian University for Women
Today, one reads story after story of colleges closing, but rarely if ever do we hear about new institutions of higher education starting up. Part of the reason that’s such a rare occurrence is that the obstacles facing such start-ups are immense, from regulatory and accreditation hurdles to declining demographics and the steep financial cost…Continue readingPit Stop #51: Ralston College