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The campus connects its ivy-covered gray stone buildings with footpaths, idyllic small greens, and courtyards that create an intimate village-like scale.

America's Most Beautiful College Campuses (PHOTOS) 2011

I traveled down the steps cut into the hillside and through the damp grass—grass that became taller and thicker until I was weaving through prickly thorn trees and past an ivy-covered gate.

Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

And yet, the kind of serious innovation that's challenging old models of higher ed -- what people in the field like to call disruptive innovation -- is not only happening outside of ivy-covered walls.

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry: Disrupting College: A Mother of Five's Search for Answers as Tuition Looms Alison Craiglow Hockenberry 2012

And yet, the kind of serious innovation that's challenging old models of higher ed -- what people in the field like to call disruptive innovation -- is not only happening outside of ivy-covered walls.

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry: Disrupting College: A Mother of Five's Search for Answers as Tuition Looms Alison Craiglow Hockenberry 2012

And yet, the kind of serious innovation that's challenging old models of higher ed -- what people in the field like to call disruptive innovation -- is not only happening outside of ivy-covered walls.

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry: Disrupting College: A Mother of Five's Search for Answers as Tuition Looms Alison Craiglow Hockenberry 2012

We were especially taken with the "Tropical America" exhibit, housed in an ivy-covered Victorian building.

Airborne Toxic Event + People in Airplanes greygirlbeast 2009

At the back of Steven Smith Teamaker's ivy-covered brick Portland tea salon is a blending room, or "lab," with long metal tables and teapots.

The All-Star Alchemist of Top-Shelf Tea Nancy Keates 2011

I stood at the massive, ivy-covered gate in my Catholic schoolgirl uniform: blue-and-gray plaid pleated skirt, crisp Peter Pan-collared shirt, kneesocks, and shiny black spit-polished shoes.

The Dark Side of Innocence Terri Cheney 2011

Down the street, the bride and groom clasp hands and stand against the ivy-covered brick wall.

Wedding Day Dallas Woodburn 2011

And yet, the kind of serious innovation that's challenging old models of higher ed -- what people in the field like to call disruptive innovation -- is not only happening outside of ivy-covered walls.

Alison Craiglow Hockenberry: Disrupting College: A Mother of Five's Search for Answers as Tuition Looms Alison Craiglow Hockenberry 2012