Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Small, Rural and...Cosmopolitan??

I wrote a short editorial a year or so ago in the Aberdeen American News suggesting an economic development direction for the city based around Aberdeen's two universities: Northern State University and Presentation College.

This article from the New York Times caught my eye tonight, and reminded me of that idea:

"Rural Colleges Seek New Edge and Urbanize."

I'm not sure I'd call for more rurally located colleges to "urbanize", but I do think many of the ideas set forth in this article could, on some level, take in Aberdeen.

Let me know any thoughts, if you aren't afraid of the "Post Comment" tab.

BC

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