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The Most Interesting College in Arizona - By: Daniel Z. Kane, Posted on: 2007-08-21

Think you know about all the good colleges in Arizona? I'll bet you missed at least one, Prescott College. Am I right?

If you're considering schools like Arizona State or Northern Arizona, you may not even want to take a look at Prescott, because it probably isn't your kind of place. But, if you're looking for a college unlike most others, stay tuned.

What are the Prescott differences? Degree programs in areas such as ecopsychology, environmental education and interpretation, agroecology, and outdoor adventure education is one big difference (although more traditional majors are also available). Another is the availability of residency and short residency programs (at the undergraduate and graduate level).

Prescott's location, in an Arizona mountain town surrounded by more than a million acres of national forest also marks a large difference between Prescott and other institutions of higher education. And, what area could provide a better natural laboratory for many of Prescott's programs?

Additional differences are Prescott's wealth of field based classes, strong belief in hands on experiential education, and exceptionally small classes.

Prescott's biggest difference, and one of its most attractive features, is a block and quarter system which divides the academic year into terms of varying lengths, thereby allowing students opportunities for fieldwork throughout the world.

If developing your critical thinking skills is important to you, if you like the idea of hands on, collaborative education, and if you value social and environmental consciousness, you might want to learn more about Prescott.

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Daniel Z. Kane is a veteran university dean whose hobbies include building websites on college degrees online and online universities.
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