Opening Doors [on Zaytuna College]

Two unconventional colleges successfully opened their doors last week for their inaugural semesters.

Zaytuna College, in Berkeley. Cal., is the first four-year Muslim college in the United States; it began its semester Tuesday with 15 freshmen. Zaytuna offers a bachelor’s degree in either Islamic law and theology or Arabic language.

The American College of History and Legal Studies, in Salem, N.H. is a completion college that offers only the junior and senior years and teaches only history. Students – who must have had two years of general education at a community college or at a four-year institution -- can choose from four concentrations and receive a B.A. in history and legal studies.

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