April 17, 2007
Rankings Imply False Precision and Authority
Doug Bennett is a co-author of a letter asking college presidents not to participate in the U.S. News and World Report rankings survey. The Earlham president’s view is noted in The Chronicle of Higher Education and USA Today.
Outstanding High School Teachers Honored
Placing a high value on quality education, Earlham College presented Distinguished Teacher awards at the Indiana Academic All-Stars luncheon in
Indianapolis on April 11.
April 16, 2007
EARLHAM PARTICIPATES IN DAVIS UNITED WORLD SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Earlham, which joins institutions such as Princeton University and Wellesley College as a “cluster school” in the Davis United World College Scholars Program, is featured prominently on the Davis Web site’s home page. Beginning in 2008, students at cluster schools qualify for a grant of up to $20,000 per scholar, a wonderful opportunity for UWC students at Earlham. International Admissions Director Musa Khalidi says that what both draws and keeps world students here is the College’s Quaker-based focus on openness and mutual support. This article also appeared in print in Davis’ 2006-07 annual report.
April 13, 2007
Considering New Solutions to the World's Problems
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has named Sam McCormally a Junior Fellow for the 2007-2008 academic year. The senior from Herndon, Va., returns to the nation’s capitol where he will have a chance to influence U.S. policymakers at a prestigious think tank.
April 10, 2007
No Child Left Behind?
An op-ed by David Keyes ‘02 titled “Classroom Caste System” was published in the April 9 edition of The Washington Post. Now a second-grade teacher at Bel Pre Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md., the Earlham alumnus asks members of Congress to “consider the unintended consequence of the act: a new gap between poor and minority students.”
April 09, 2007
Rankings Imply False Precision and Authority
Doug Bennett is a co-author of a letter asking college presidents not to participate in the U.S. News and World Report rankings survey. The Earlham president’s view is noted in The Chronicle of Higher Education and USA Today.
April 02, 2007
"100 Projects for Peace" Plus One
Seniors Bethany Rochelle Leeman, Jamie-Rose Rothenberg and Behar Xharra will promote peace this summer with ambitious grant-funded projects of their own devising. Wanting to make a difference in the larger world, the $10,000 awards are “a dream come true.”