<p>Articles about 20 "hidden gem" colleges (including Evergreen State, Macalester, Earlham, Wheaton, etc.), how the baby boom echo is redefining which colleges are hot, roommate compatibility, "preferred" apps, etc. Lots to read and think about. Here's the link:
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/edlife/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/edlife/index.html</a>
Registration is required but free and worth the (maybe) 2 minutes it takes.</p>
<p>There seems to be something similar about the colleges that are considered hidden gems, off the beaten track, or colleges that changes peoples lives. Most have a very high percentage of graduates who go on to enroll in graduate schools.</p>
<p>frazzled1, thanks for the link. I especially liked the 14 state "what's hot and what's not" slideshow highlighting the states that, according to a department of education report, are either "magnets" or suffer from "brain drain". Interesting note, although New Jersey is on the list on the "brain drain" side, William Paterson University and the N.J. public higher ed. school system is "bursting at the seams." Other states on the list include Arizona, California, Ct., Florida, Illinois, Mass. and New York.</p>