Administration
The Truth-Teller: Once a Small-College Champion, Now a Tough Critic
Alice Brown has been a longtime supporter of small colleges, but is not shy about offering a tough-love message on whether they can survive.
March 27, 2016
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Bristol, Va.
I n a dusty corridor in Virginia Intermont College’s Main Hall, Alice L. Brown has stopped in front of the Poetry Club’s bulletin board, where poems by seven students appear beside their photos and profiles. "All these little schools give...
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