In the past, most alumni have returned to their college campus only for football games and reunions. This summer, however, thousands of old grads are going back for special one-and two-week programs known as "alumni colleges." They live in undergraduate dorms and sit up for all-night talk sessions. Courses range from "Life Up There and Down Here," dealing with the possibility of life in outer space (Cornell), to "The Reshaping of the American Dream" (Stanford). The spread of such programs in the past few years represents one of the few growth areas in U.S. higher education. Says Dartmouth Alumni Director...
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