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Alternative Winter Break: On The Ground, In The Community
Although he slept on the floor at 30 College St. this week, Robbie (Raymond) Harrison ’14 didn’t have a hard time falling asleep at night. ... Continue Reading →
Alumni qualify for 2012 Olympic Games
Camels are headed to London! Amanda Clark ’05 has qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in sailing’s 470 class (her boat is 470 centimeters long) ... Continue Reading →
Plass Receives 5-year NSF Award
Kate Plass, assistant professor of chemistry, hopes “chemical tricks” will help her develop readily available material that absorbs sunlight and transforms that energy into electricity. ... Continue Reading →
Mackenzie Returns to Vietnam—As Fulbright
G. Calvin Mackenzie sees the irony. Forty years ago the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of Government was in the U.S. Army, fighting against a communist ... Continue Reading →
Letterpress
Marian Miller ’13 holds up her book with pride. Each page represents hours of exacting work. As she talks about her book’s illustrations, she feels ... Continue Reading →
It’s Better in Technicolor
Ernest Jaqua stands poised just outside the President’s office in Sycamore Court, ready to address the class of 1939. It’s an image like many others ... Continue Reading →
Biomass Plant Models Clean Energy
One million. That’s the number of gallons of oil Colby will no longer be burning annually. It’s also a conservative estimate of the number of ... Continue Reading →
A French twist for computer science
Late in 2011 Associate Professor of Computer Science Dick Brown bid bon voyage to the Hill and flew off to France. Brown was invited to ... Continue Reading →
Hitchcock Center for Environment Exploring Move to Hampshire Campus
A highly respected and rapidly growing center for environmental education for all ages has taken the first steps toward relocating to the Hampshire College campus. ... Continue Reading →
Green Chemistry Commitment Summit
As Boston welcomed its first blanket of snow yesterday, it also brought together a group of scientists and educators for the Green Chemistry Commitment Summit ... Continue Reading →
The Liberal Arts Advantage
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.
What Matters in College After College
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.