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CollegeNews.org: The Source for Liberal Arts College News

This website provides liberal arts college news, editorials, story ideas and source leads for journalists, and other information relevant to higher education in the United States.  A service of The Annapolis Group, a 115-member consortium of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges, CollegeNews.org is a resource for journalists and researchers, educators and policymakers, parents and prospective college students, and anyone with an interest in college news and the current trends and issues in the evolving landscape of American higher education as well as those wishing to acquire a better understanding of the nature and contributions of the residential liberal arts college.
 
Easy to use searchable lists of the top experts in dozens of fields. Each entry includes contact information and a brief biography. More.
The presidents of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges offer special insights on today's education news and issues and trends in higher education. More.
TOP NEWS
 
Swarthmore College Lang Professor George Lakey Receives Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize
Celebrating the Centennial: Peary Packs for the Pole
Flood Displaced Musicians Find High Ground
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These liberal arts college news stories, updated several times a week from campuses all over the United States, cover emerging ideas and trends, groundbreaking research, and important events in higher education, the nation, and the world.
ON CAMPUS
 
Play's the Thing for Young Children: An Exploration at Sarah Lawrence College
Recent Bowdoin Faculty Books Draw National Notice
Rollins College Appoints New Vice President
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The links here lead to college news related to what’s happening on residential liberal arts college campuses across the nation, including campus life, scholarship, innovations in teaching and learning, and the achievements of liberal arts college students and faculty.
EDITORIALS & COMMENTARY
 
Civil Rights Heroes Struggled for This Moment
Our Ignorance of the World is a National Liability
The Normality of Marriage
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Featured here are editorials and commentaries by presidents, faculty, and administrators from the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges. The topics range from the value and continuing relevance of the residential liberal arts college experience, to contemporary issues and concerns in American higher education, to world events in today’s news.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
 
What Matters in College After College (Annapolis Group Survey)


The value of a liberal arts education and the contributions of residential liberal arts colleges are well documented. This section presents research and discussion on the purpose, practice, and outcomes of a liberal education as pursued at the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges.
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If you have questions about liberal arts college news, need more information about the stories presented here, or are interested in further exploring the issues and resources provided by this site, please contact the site editor by emailing editor@collegenews.org.