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I Guess I Can Live in Atlanta—Reflections on Three Atlanta Colleges
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I Guess I Can Live in Atlanta—Reflections on Three Atlanta Colleges

I still love visiting colleges. It somehow makes me feel young and old at the same time, but it’s just so important in my work that I see college students in their element. So much of what I discuss with my students is theoretical, but whenever I’m on a college campus, I see theory in practice. I started writing this post at a coffee shop in Decatur, Georgia, just outside of Agnes Scott College. I traveled to Atlanta for a conference and stuck around for a few extra days to visit Georgia Tech, Emory University, and Agnes Scott—three very different schools. I have some thoughts about each school and overall impressions of Atlanta.

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