in american philanthropy to give opportunity to those who deserve it but lack the means. we ve tapped into that for many years. data analysis takes a little while. if you re wondering how berea ranks academically, this year it jumped 50 points making it one of the top 50 liberal arts clenls in the country. but berea s president has pledged not to publicize its rankings. he believes they fuel the college admissions frenzy by focusing on the wrong metrics, money and status instead of quality. berea s admissions office doesn t obsess about test scores or grades. instead, it identifies students who display extraordinary potential like mccall england, a senior who had always dreamed of going to college. mccall now works in the admissions office as a student manager and studies marketing.
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quality. berea s admissions office doesn t obsess about test scores or grades. instead, it identifies students who display extraordinary potential like mccall england, a senior who had always dreamed of going to college. mccall now works in the admissions office as a student manager and studies marketing. he spends any moment he cannon his true passion, making music. making the impossible possible, you can say i m unstoppable i feel like this is somewhere i belong. i felt welcomed as soon as i got to the college and was shown all these different resources, wow, these people actually want to help me succeed. the college has built a culture in which students help each other to succeed. it means the world to me. i feel like this is home for me. i do feel like this is home for a lot of people. dan markovits thinks berea s
pro-gay professional sports league in the world. if you can skate, you can skate. if you can shoot, you can shoot. if you can score, you can score. you know, to make that really striking video the nhl teamed up with the you can play organization. a group really that has hockey in its blood. cofounded by patrick burke to honor his brother brendan s memory. he was a student manager for miami s hockey team. he died in a car accident less than a year after he came out. the nhl will fight homophobia, and could pave the way for the first openly gay athlete in professional sports. patrick burke joins us, a scout for the philadelphia fryers, and also nhl commissioner, gary bettman. why is it important for the nhl to be out in front? a couple of reasons.