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In my experience with American students I was impressed with Hillsdale students. But The College of New Jersey seems ambitious, taking top-students who just don't have the money to go to more expensive universities. I quite liked Fordham in NY and some of the faculty I met at University of San Francisco (the Jesuit college, although I understood there has been a bit of a coup d'état which seems to have eliminated a very good culture program. Maybe others know more about that). The students I taught who were frankly useless came from George Mason, W. Wilson college, Evergreen State college, and even Dartmouth. Even if the individual students are keen, diligent and bright, the culture of their surroundings seems to destroy their love for inquiry and knowledge pretty soon. Drugs end all that take over quickly. There are, of course, some very notable exceptions such as a girl I taught who is now at Columbia, with whom I happily still maintain contact.