Category: College

College Cousins: St. Andrews and U. of Edinburgh

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Even if you’re not particularly inclined to check the history of each school, you will want to seek, and be impressed by, these early dates. The University of Edinburgh goes back to 1583 , impressive enough, but the University of St. Andrews marks its official start date in 1413 – the year this teaching institution […]

College Cousins: George Washington University and Boston University

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Few American cities are as steeped in history as Washington and Boston. Each locale boasts a rich political and cultural context that spans more than two centuries, so it’s impossible not to be impressed with the surroundings of the two institutions we highlight in this issue. George Washington University is named for our first president—not […]

College Cousins: Wake Forest and U of Richmond

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

In this issue, we feature Wake Forest University of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and the University of Richmond, located in Richmond, Virginia. Both are small universities located in mid-sized communities, but don’t kid yourself: there’s nothing small or mid-sized about the education and collegiate experience they offer their students. Wake Forest’s 5,000 undergraduates represent a diverse […]

College Cousins: University of Colorado and University of Vermont

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Love the outdoors? Love being part of an outdoor-oriented community? If you are looking at colleges but don’t want your four-year experience to be confined to classrooms and dorm rooms, then you will want to take a particularly close look at the Universities of Colorado and Vermont. These schools are in locales that celebrate the […]

College Cousins: University of North Carolina and University of Virginia

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

The ink was barely dry on North Carolina’s long-delayed formal ratification of the U.S. Constitution when the state passed a bill chartering “a university supported by permanent funds” in late 1789. In due course, a site was selected, in Chapel Hill, where the school’s first students began their studies in 1795. The University of North Carolina […]

College Cousins: Syracuse University and University of Pittsburgh

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Syracuse University was founded in 1870 in the aftermath of the Civil War. We can count its founders as visionaries, not only because of the university they founded, but because they opened the doors of their fledgling institution to women, hardly a common practice in that day. Today, as Syracuse approaches the 150th anniversary of […]

College Cousins: CalTech & MIT

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

Two of our country’s most respected institutions of higher learning are familiarly known to us as CalTech (California Institute of Technology) and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Both, as their names suggest, have a major focus on all things relating to science and technology – although that isn’t to say that students can’t pursue excellent […]

College Cousins: Northwestern and Vanderbilt

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

In 1851, a new university was founded to provide an educational opportunity for the growing population in the region we now call the upper Midwest. At the time, however, it was known as the Northwest Territory, and that’s where Northwestern University got its name. A site was chosen in Evanston, Illinois, a community named in […]

College Cousins: Bucknell and Colgate

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

This month we take a look at Bucknell University (in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania) and Colgate University (in Hamilton, New York). Both have been around for quite a while – Colgate since 1819 and Bucknell, a relative upstart, since 1846. Both institutions have had ample opportunity to work out how to offer the best they have to […]

College Cousins: Denison and Trinity

Posted by: admin on March 3rd, 2019

For some, the quintessential college experience is characterized by a quality education gained in a special kind of atmosphere – the kind typified by Denison University and Trinity College. These two small liberal arts colleges offer four-year collegiate experiences on campuses that are traditional in appearance but brimming with energy and diversity. Trinity’s beautiful 100-acre […]