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Book Touts 'Colleges that Change Lives'

A geodesic dome outside a building at Evergreen State College, built from fallen branches.
A geodesic dome outside a building at Evergreen State College, built from fallen branches.

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Elaine Korry is an NPR contributor based in San Francisco. From August 2004-June 2007 she worked as an NPR senior reporter covering social policy for NPR, with a focus on education, and on the lives of the nation's most vulnerable citizens — the homeless, those living in poverty, working in low wage positions, and trying to find their way to a more stable life.