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What's Excellent About Earlham? 
To assist prospective students in finding the college that's the best fit for them, we've pulled together several comments and critiques of Earlham provided by outside experts. As a part of your college choice process, you'll want to compare Earlham with the other colleges you're considering, looking at the characteristics most important to you. You can gauge how colleges measure up to your expectations in a number of ways — by consulting college guide books and online resources, by considering the opinions of individuals whose opinions you value, and by experiencing the college for yourself. What comprises Earlham's reputation? What is the College best known for? How do educational experts outside Earlham describe the school? Looking at what the various college guides and other outsiders have to say about Earlham in comparison with other schools — and in comparison with what Earlham tells you about itself — is an important part of your college decision-making process. Several of the third-party sources presented here agree with us that Earlham's strengths include faculty who collaborate with students to learn, a rigorous curriculum based in the liberal arts and a supportive, residential community. Nearly three-fourths of Earlham students participate in off-campus study programs. The College's emphasis on internationalization permeates not only the content of the curriculum, but also the composition of the faculty and student body, keeping Earlham students in touch with ideas, cultures and perspectives that broaden their outlook and engage the world. Our emphasis on community service, grounded in the institution's Quaker roots, provides opportunities to test classroom learning in real settings in Indiana and around the world. Earlham is committed to sharing accurate information with the public, especially information that demonstrates student learning outcomes. An abundance of information is available at Earlham's Institutional Research Web pages. The College is an active participant in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) and such collaborative data-sharing efforts as U-CAN, launched by the National Association of Colleges and Universities (NAICU) in 2007.
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Earlham
College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |