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Northeastern University (right across the river) uses Scheme/How To Design Programs for the intro CS course then uses Java/How To Design Classes for the second CS course.

We've got one of the best (I think) CS programs in the country: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/undergraduate/data/ug2009/CSBS2009_Sp...

FP Scheme -> FP Java -> Java with mutations -> other languages is a great way to build on people's intrinsic knowledge of programming.