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coffeesp00ns  ·  3681 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Shimer College: the worst school in America?

sounds like a cool place, actually. more like a conservatory than a college.





curious_neophyte  ·  3681 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah I'd agree with you there. Seems like they're really focusing on education, rankings be damned. It's a bit of a rebellion against the current educative norm isn't it? I'd be really interested in talking to a graduate or a teacher at Shimer to better understand what they're doing / trying to do.

user-inactivated  ·  3680 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There are other great books schools that aren't on the list. St. John's College does really well in the college rankings. Of course college rankings are bunk, but if this school has a problem, listening to Mortimer Adler is probably not it.

user-inactivated  ·  3679 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They mentioned St. John's a lot in the comments to the article, and I kept thinking they were talking about Newfoundland.