History
Burlington College was founded in 1972 by Dr. J. Steward LaCasce as the Vermont Institute for Community Involvement ("VICI"). The college was fully accredited in 1982.
In August 2011, The Daily Beast and Newsweek ranked Burlington College as the #1 School in the United States for Free Spirited Students.
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