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Colleges Seek to Remake the Campus Tour
For as long as high school seniors have been visiting colleges, it seems, there have been tour guides walking backward in front of them, breathlessly reciting statistics from a script while, hopefully, avoiding tree roots and other hazards. The remaking of the campus tour is the latest development in the pitched competition among colleges to woo the most talented applicants. Jacques Steinberg, The New York Times, August 19, 2009

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