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Blackburn College is also a work college and was established in 1837. My dad was an alumnus back in the Great Depression. It was all he could afford... https:/

• teachrdan 3y ago
  Berea College is similar. I met a super smart student from there years ago. Interestingly, they were also early pioneers in being co-ed and racially integrated. "Berea College is a private liberal arts work college in Berea, Kentucky. Founded in 1855, Berea College was the first college in the Southern United States to be coeducational and racially integrated. It was integrated from as early as 1866 until 1904, and again after 1954... As a work college, Berea has a student work program in which all students work on campus 10 or more hours per week." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berea_College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berea_College
  • giraffe_lady 3y ago
    Some of the most interesting people I've ever met had gone to berea. One notable example was when I met him working as a farrier but had a MM piano performance from berklee and had published papers in a CS journal. Another was a chef, would give me a six stone handicap in go (I was playing 1-2 kyu at the time) and then tear me apart in between heroic bong rips. These just not common combinations of skill and interest at all.
  • b8 3y ago
    I'm a current student at Berea, and yeah Berea has a unique history.