Trip Report: Cornell University
Nestled in the picturesque Finger Lakes region of New York, Cornell University is the largest Ivy League university with 13,500 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students. Statistically it is the...
View ArticleTrip report: Yale University
Yale University is one of the most selective universities in America, routinely rejecting 93% of candidates. Last year over 25,000 high school seniors vied for a chance to attend this prestigious...
View ArticleNorthern Exposure: Dartmouth, Middlebury and Hamilton Colleges
This summer we visited three colleges located north of the 38th parallel – Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Middlebury College in Vermont and Hamilton College in upstate New York. They share many...
View ArticleEugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
It’s irresistible; imagine dropping Bard College, Hampshire College or Bennington College on lower Fifth Avenue and you might get something like Eugene Lang College of The New School. The New School...
View ArticleFordham University at Lincoln Center
Fordham University labels itself as “The Jesuit University of New York” to highlight its Catholic pedagogical tradition but the satellite campus at Lincoln Center on West 61st Street has a decidedly...
View ArticleAlma Mater: Not Penn State
Ok, the title of this post is a cheap shot. I admit it. When I attended the University of Pennsylvania in the 1980’s, there was a popular T-shirt on campus that read: “Not Penn State.” Apparently...
View ArticleTisch School of the Arts – New York University
Monkey Son has expressed a desire to attend the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University ever since middle school. Tisch’s roster of celebrity graduates, and its panoply of resources buttress...
View ArticleMontclair State University – Public Option Part I
Monkey Mama is willing to risk an onslaught of vituperation from the Tea Party movement when she avers that the United States of America owes a great deal of its success to its early commitment to...
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