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- Q: What makes college and university campuses inspiring?
- A: Learning acquires a whole new level of inspiration when the surroundings are equally inspiring. In fact, Thomas Jefferson believed that student learning and the learning environment were inseparable. The campuses that made our list resemble a park-like setting with stunning architectural styles and natural aesthetics.
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Pepperdine University
Furman University
Princeton University
Dartmouth College
University of Virginia
Emory University
College of William & Mary
Gettysburg College
Harvard University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Kenyon College
Lewis & Clark College
Loyola Marymount University
Mount Holyoke College
Occidental College
Elon University
Sewanee: The University of the South
Stanford University
United States Naval Academy
University of Chicago
University of Hawaii at Manoa
University of Notre Dame
Amherst College
University of Washington-Seattle
Yale University
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