<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I like the concept of learning these schools promote - experiential learning, real worl experience, etc.</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend schools like this in the Northeast or possibly around the Maryland area? </p>
<p>I've stumbled across a few but I'm not sure how to do an effective search to locate more options.</p>
<p>Any thoughts?</p>
<p>At Bennington we have an annual mandatory 7 week Field Work Term, where we have to go out in to the real world and get a job, an internship, volunteer, etc. I have found it to be a great way to get real life experience in one field, or many, as well as a resume.</p>
<p>Deep Springs is the epitome but it is in the high desert of Nevada.</p>
<p>Warren Wilson in western NC might be a good fit. New College of Florida, Kalamazoo, and Hampshire are further away but would also fit. You might also want to check out schools with strong co-op programs like Cincinnati, Drexel, Northeastern, and RIT. </p>
<p>Goucher (just outside Baltimore) promotes a similar philosophy and is one of the very few colleges that requires study abroad for all students.</p>
<p>I'll second Warren Wilson. It is mentioned on the Deep Springs website where it lists schools that give a work experience. I suspect Berea in Kentucky would fall into the mix also.</p>
<p>Northeastern has a co-op program that sounds really cool...</p>
<p>We've been to Warren Wilson and it does have a certain appeal but it's not what she's looking for. Schools like Keuka and Champlain have blurbs on their websites describing hands on learning and practical applications. I think she would like a school where the learning is more than in lecture halls and labs. </p>
<p>She likes small schools so we're looking at about 3000 and smaller. Location would either be New England or Maryland/Virginia/NC. The southern states have a little more of the warm weather factor but they obviously get farther away from home.</p>
<p>Any other thoughts?</p>