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Rural Colleges Seek New Edge and Urbanize

February 7, 2007/

Officials have realized that a more urbanized version of the ideal campus could attract a population well past its college years — working people and retiring baby boomers — if there is housing to suit them. And so a new concept of the college campus is taking root: a small city in the country that is not reserved for only the young.

By ALAN FINDER

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/education/07campus.html?hp&ex=1170910800&en=a72e865f3fc2d6ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage

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