An NYT story about Berea College, in Berea, Kentucky, is here. With a population of 9,851, it is not rural by Census Bureau standards, but it is non-metro by the OMB definition. Here are some quotes from Tamar Lewin's story on Berea College:

Marist University Jumps 9 Places In Kiplinger's List of the 100 best buys in college education.

Robinson College have celebrated an important phase in the construction of a £4.3 million graduate student accommodation project.

High-achieving pupils from state schools all over the North West will be spending the day learning about the University of Cambridge this Friday at an event based at Goodison Park, home of Everton Football Club.

The next President of Wolfson College, Oxford, is to be Professor Hermione Lee, FBA, FRSL, CBE, currently holder of the Goldsmiths’ Chair of English Literature at Oxford University and Fellow of New College.

The government’s plan for Sweden’s first vocational training college is shaping up for 2009.

The Middle Georgia College campus was placed on lockdown earlier this afternoon following reports of a gunman being spotted on the grounds of the Cochran, Georgia school grounds.

Dr Colin Bundy, currently Warden of Green College, has been named as the first Principal of the new Green Templeton College.

Can we asses the rank of a college based solely on freshman retention rates, selectiveness and alumni giving amount? Or, is there more to being great school?

St. Johns University news release warns that a man was arrested today at about 3PM who had a rifle and was disarmed.

New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed legislation (A3968/S2535) to assist college students with the seamless transfer of certain college credits.

Having gone through the college selection process four times in recent years with my two daughters (yup, they both transferred from public state universities to private schools -- oddly both of them run by Jesuits), I can tell you that college's love the rankings put out by various guides.