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CAMPUS VACATIONS
give it the old college try
NATIONWIDE
Bring together wonderful people, stellar teachers, great settings, and terrif-
ic logistical support, and presto, the experience is exhilarating (some say
magical).
—Cornell's Adult University website
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Back when you were eating dorm food, cramming for finals, and reading about dead
Greek guys, you couldn't wait to get away from your college campus. “Best years of my life?
Who are you kidding?” But now, with a few years of the “real world” under your belt, you
have come to realize that a college campus, with its erudite professors, stimulating assign-
ments, and all-night gabfests, ranks right up there on your list of happiest memories. What
wouldn't you give to go back?
Now you can. Sprinkled across America are universities that offer summer classes for
adults. You get to stay in the dorms, eat at the cafeterias, and use the gyms, swimming pools,
and other facilities (Cornell University even has a Robert Trent-designed golf course) and take
advantage of all those bright minds you failed to fully appreciate back when you were 18. Best
of all, there are no entrance exams, no tests, no nothing except the chance to spend a whole
week thinking about a topic that's near and dear to your heart.
Some universities open their campuses for just a short time. Indiana University's Mini
University, for example, offers about a hundred noncredit classes during a single week every
mid-June (see p. 185). Other universities offer weeklong adult learning opportunities, such as
St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which conducts three weeks of summer clas-
sics (see pp. 165-166), or
Skidmore College
in Saratoga Springs, New York (815 North
Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866, 518-580-5590, www.skidmore.edu), which offers a
four-week adult writing institute.
New York University
(Office of Summer Sessions, 7 E.
12th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10003, 212-998-2292, www.nyu.edu/summer) offers
summer adult workshops in filmmaking, and
Moravian College
in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
