The Best Kind of College: An Insiders' Guide to America's Small Liberal Arts Colleges
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State University of New York Press, 2015.
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9781438457734
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Various Authors., & Various Authors|AUTHOR. (2015). The Best Kind of College: An Insiders' Guide to America's Small Liberal Arts Colleges . State University of New York Press.
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