<p>From my daughter’s experience, I would add both the professors and the administration are receptive to new ideas.
Cases in point: She spear-headed the NU voter registration for the 2008 elections. She saw the possibility of registering voters from their home state while they attended NU. The Professor (If I remember correctly it was a Physics professor) supported her and they did just that. After the election-he encouraged her to write a paper about her idea and how it was implemented. That following summer it was submitted and selected for publication–one of only a handful of papers EVER accepted by an undergraduate-as this publication is primarily used by Political Science professors and a few graduate students from all over the USA-it is not an NU publication.
In addition, she was active in SEED-a group interested in the environment. A few of these members approached the Administration, and succeeded in establishing the GREEN House.
These are but two examples of what made my daughter’s experience at NU stand out. Your son’s experience at NU will most likely only be limited by his imagination.
I hope this helps-
~APOL-a Mum</p>