September 30, 2006
Science News: "Good Gone Wild"
Earlham Professor of Biology John iverson’s 25-year study of the Allen Cays rock iguana — the longest ongoing field study of any lizard population in the world — yields surprising data about ecotourism’s true effects on wild populations of endangered species, as just reported in Science News.
September 29, 2006
"Who Will Take Responsibility?" Asks College Fund Head on Oct. 9
Must society or African Americans themselves do more to close the gap between the levels of minority opportunity and minority achievement in America? United Negro College Fund President and CEO Dr. Michael Lomax will consider the question on Oct. 9 in Goddard Auditorium.
September 28, 2006
Life as Art: Business and "Volunteer Work" Duel Passions for Alumni Couple
Halsey ‘70 and Alice Henderson North ‘69 lead a firm providing development and leadership support to nonprofit performing arts organizations nationwide. They also are the prime contributors to a new retrospective of contemporary Japanese ceramics taking the art world by storm.
September 27, 2006
What's Up Down Under
They may be 50 years old, but Earlham’s international programs show no signs of slowing down. Indeed, they may only be hitting their stride. The College will add off-campus study sites in Australia and New Zealand in 2007-08.
Blues Traveler Headlines Homecoming Concert on Oct. 13
Harmonica virtuoso John Popper and the rest of Grammy Award-winning band Blues Traveler will rock Earlham’s Athletics and Wellness Center during a Homecoming and Reunion Weekend concert beginning at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13.
September 26, 2006
Morning Edition (NPR): On the Future of Higher Education
On the verge of U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings reporting her recommendations for the future of American higher education, National Public Radio’s Morning Edition sought observations from a number of college and university leaders — including Earlham President Doug Bennett. Hear more
September 19, 2006
The New York Times: "Princeton ... Joining Movement to Make Process Fairer"
In an article pegged to the recent announcements by Princeton and Harvard Universities that they are discontinuing their early admissions programs — faulted as favoring more affluent applicants — New York Times writer Alan Finder takes note of several other “fairness” issues that continue to complicate the admissions process for many prospective students and their parents. Large among them is the question of the various college rankings. “I dislike intensely and have been pretty sharply critical of [mostly media] efforts to rank institutions on a single scale,” said Earlham President Doug Bennett, who favors a fresh initiative by which admissions professionals themselves would apply a new set of statistics to measure educational standing. The proposed standards would be made available to the public, but the individual measurements would not be combined to produce an overall score, as in the ranking guides. The ethos of the concept, Bennett said, is telling prospective students and parents, “There’s the data, make of it what you will,” without so many of the commercial influences opposed by reform groups like the Education Conservancy.
September 15, 2006
Be Loud, Be Proud, Be Positive
Earlham and all nine of its fellow North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) member schools are among the more than 300 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions participating in a Fan Sportsmanship Program sponsored by the Division III Commissioners Association. “It is important for us to take this kind of stand,” says Nelson Bingham, long-time faculty representative to Earlham’s Athletics Committee and the College’s newly-named provost. Perhaps, Bingham adds, the symbolic meaning of this gesture by Earlham and other Division III colleges can, in some small part, counter the “corrosive atmosphere” surrounding so much of athletics and fan behavior in society at-large and ensure “that we remain faithful to the ideals of varsity sports that have served our schools and our students so well for generations.”
September 14, 2006
"A Lot of Ways to Spell Doctor"
The College unveils a new institutional message championing Earlham’s prodigious production of students later earning Ph. and other “D”s. The promotional spot is airing in several Midwest television markets during the fall admissions season.
September 12, 2006
Thanks a Million!
An additional gift by philanthropists Shelby and Gale Davis means that Earlham will be able to extend its “already strong commitment to international education” in this, the College’s 50th anniversary year for international study.
September 08, 2006
Clark Leaves "Longest" Term as Provost
Len Clark, provost and academic dean at Earlham since 1981, resigned the former position on Sept. 6, concluding what could be the longest term of service among active American provosts. He will continue as academic dean until retiring from the College in June 2007.
September 01, 2006
The Chronicle Review: "Underinvesting in the Future"
At the invitation of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Earlham President Doug Bennett responds to the final report of the U.S. Commission on the Future of Higher Education and — in light of the their noncommital stance on the prospects of increased federal support of student financial aid — questions whether the panel’s members “can really be serious about increasing access” to higher education for more Americans.