The summer reading committee selected the book Three Cups of Tea, by David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson to be read by our entering students this summer.  I  just finished the book last week and I believe it was a great choice for our students.  We plan to discuss this book with the entering students as [...]

This is a question that can certainly generate many different responses.  At Babson we challenge our new students to wrestle with this very question during the first few weeks of classes as part of our First Year Seminar.
One answer may be the following: “An immersion into an intellectual and social environment that raises your level [...]