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Crossover

by Susquehanna University on November 23, 2012 in Alumni Engagement & Success

When Colleen Sullivan ’85 Trevisan landed a job at Vogue magazine fresh out of college, she had no idea her good fortune would start a chain reaction that would ripple through the lives of two other Susquehanna alumnae, too.

Knox Students Get Up-Close Look at Environmental Geology

by Knox College on November 23, 2012 in Research and New Books, Student Life

Knox College students in Professor Katherine Adelsberger’s Environmental Geology course recently took a camping trip to the Saint Francois Mountains south of St. Louis, Missouri, to examine rock formations and experience geology first-hand.

Support for Veterans

by Southwestern University on November 21, 2012 in Student Life

Most students would have trouble making it to a 7:30 a.m. breakfast meeting, but the students of the Southwestern University Veteran’s Association are no strangers to early morning hours.

Open Forum : Views on the Election

by Scripps College on November 21, 2012 in Editorials & Commentary, Student Life

The 2012 elections were remarkable in many ways — from issues, to participation, to outcome. The San Francisco Chronicle shares what Ambika Bist ’15, Rachel Grate ’15, Elizabeth McElvein ’14, and Elisabeth Pfeiffer ’15 say the election meant to them as young female voters and future leaders in business and their communities.

Exercise in inefficiency leads to experience in engineering

by St. Olaf College on November 21, 2012 in Campus News, Student Life

As a member of St. Olaf College’s 2012 Rube Goldberg team, Michael Paradis ’13 helped create a contraption that used 191 steps simply to pop one balloon.

A Runner’s High

by Rollins College on November 21, 2012 in Athletics, Student Life

Lauryn Falcone ’13 never planned on becoming the most decorated cross-country runner in Rollins history, but this November the biology major became the first Tar to compete in the NCAA Division II National Championship.

Knox Professor Wins Award for Scholarship on Women in Music

by Knox College on November 21, 2012 in Faculty Focus

Winning the 2011 Pauline Alderman Award was “a shot in the arm” for Knox College Associate Professor of Music Sarah Day-O’Connell.

Scholar of Sociology

by Southwestern University on November 20, 2012 in Faculty Focus

When a leading journal in the field of sociology published a paper in 2012 that showed Southwestern University was tied for second among all the institutions in the country when it comes to publishing papers about the teaching of sociology, it was no surprise to Ed Kain.

Illinois Wesleyan, Chinese University Forge Scholarly Exchange

by Illinois Wesleyan University on November 20, 2012 in Campus News

China’s Beijing Union University (BUU) and Illinois Wesleyan University will conduct faculty exchanges and collaborate on scholarly research, according to a newly signed agreement between the institutions.

A Meteorological One, Two Punch

by Hobart and William Smith Colleges on November 20, 2012 in Faculty Focus, Research and New Books, Student Life

While most people in the nation relied on local and national meteorologists to warn and inform them about Hurricane Sandy, students in Associate Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird’s first-year seminar, “The Science and Communication of Weather,” had a unique perspective on how such weather events are predicted and what constitutes a “good” weather forecast.

NY Times Praises “Marvelous Eighth Novel” by Barbara Kingsolver ’77

by DePauw University on November 20, 2012 in Alumni Engagement & Success, Research and New Books

“Climate change, for every good and topical reason, headlines Barbara Kingsolver’s marvelous eighth novel,” begins a New York Times book review of “Flight Behavior.”

Would Jefferson Have Opposed Thanksgiving?

by Hamilton College on November 19, 2012 in Editorials & Commentary, Faculty Focus

“Jefferson adamantly opposed proposals that he issue a proclamation for a day of fasting and prayer during a time of national crisis or any other proposal for an official call to prayer,” says visiting assistant professor of history John Ragosta.

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Educating students who are passionate and complex. Fostering clarity of thought and expression, fair-mindedness, appreciation for the arts and cultural diversity, intellectual curiosity, and a considered set of personal values and commitments. Standing for the ideals of academic rigor, social justice and freedom. Graduating individuals who value lifelong learning, broad knowledge but also intellectual depth.

These are just a few distinctions the 130 residential, liberal arts colleges of the Annapolis Group make in describing ourselves. But what we all hold in common, and what distinguishes us from universities and even many colleges, is a dedication to the value of the liberal arts and a strong residential educational experience.

A comparative alumni survey, conducted by the independent research firm of Hardwick Day and commissioned by the Annapolis Group, finds the undergraduate experience students encounter at small, residential liberal arts colleges is more effective in producing meaningful and lasting benefits than the education experienced at large, public universities and other institutions of higher education.

The study, titled "What Matters in College After College," indicates a residential, liberal arts education not only leads to a number of immediate positive outcomes, but that these outcomes are present in and important to liberal arts college alumni long after their college experience has ended.

Read the 2011 Study