Berea College, in Kentucky, has paid for every enrollee's education using its endowment for 126 years. Can other schools replicate the model? of air that explodes from every clap.
President Lyle Roelofs likes to buy running shoes for his students at Berea College-as long as they get some exercise with him twice weekly before class. Starting at 7 a.m., students-along with faculty, staff and community members-can run four miles with him or walk two with his wife.
A Georgia congressman who joined Martin Luther King Jr. in the historic Selma march will speak at Berea College's commencement ceremony next month. Rep. John Lewis helped organize the march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 that demanded an end to voter registration discrimination.