February 28, 2010
2 Colleges in Vermont, 2 Paths That Defy Tradition
Caleb Kenna for The Chronicle
Nursing students at Southern Vermont learn in a new simulation lab. The college is determined to serve first-generation students, many of whom have very limited financial resources and want career-oriented majors.
Bennington, Vt.
If you wanted to make a movie at a location that would signify "liberal-arts college," you might easily choose one of the two private colleges on the edges of this aging mill town. Southern Vermont College, on the west side, and Bennington College, on the north, have secluded hillside campuses that feel far removed from the everyday world of politics and commerce.
But the ambitious leaders of these two very different institutions might not be pleased to hear their colleges described
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