October 1, 2004

The Creative Campus: Who's No. 1?

By STEVEN J. TEPPER

I have not, nor has anyone as far as I know, ever tried to measure the creative environment of American colleges. At least in terms of direct measures, I remain agnostic on the question of how creative we are within the walls of academe. But I do believe that we need some way to compare where creativity is flourishing and where it is languishing.

Call it a campus "creativity index."

For better or for worse, we live in a scorecard society. We measure the aptitude, intelligence,

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