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Article: Chugging Toward Recovery.
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- October 29, 1998
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CSX Transportation is helping Edward Waters College get on track to a brighter future
Washington -- Erecting fancy booths at college recruitment fairs is a common and effective way for schools to boost their visibility among prospective applicants. Promotional brochures sent to SAT and ACT test takers are another tool typically used.
But who has ever heard of a school packing itself onto a train to deliver snippets of college life to students across the country?
Edward Waters College chugged ahead earlier this month with "Success Express" -- part of its latest pitch to enroll 2,000 students by the turn of the century. The train displays ...