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The 10 Best Value Private Colleges

The Huffington Post | Caitlin Brown | Posted 02.16.2012

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These ten public schools will give you the best bang for your buck, and these six schools are actually cutting tuition costs -- but which private scho...

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Swarthmore College Introduces Spanish Translation Of Graduation Ceremonies

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 07.27.2011

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PHILADELPHIA — Deivid Rojas, a senior at Swarthmore College, has waited four years to hear the congratulatory remarks that will come with recei...

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Are Women's Colleges Outdated?

Tom Matlack | Posted 06.08.2011

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Tom Matlack

Beyond serving a destination for horny young men, I've always been skeptical about women's colleges.

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Attack On Two Gay Students At Swarthmore May Have Been Hate Crime

Posted 06.06.2011

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A Swarthmore student and a University of Pennsylvania student were attacked on the Swarthmore campus early Sunday morning in what some students are sa...

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The Most GRUELING Colleges (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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What makes a college particularly difficult? Myriad required courses? Impossibly high standards? Necessary IV of caffeine? Decide for yourself -- and ...

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Barry Schwartz on Incentives, Education and Making Wise Choices

Rob Kall | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rob Kall

It's important to understand that looking for the best is a self-defeating, misery-making strategy; that we should, in general, be looking for good enough, not the best.

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