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. President Doug Bennett shared advice about choosing a college in his article entitled "To Choose a College, Look in the Mirror" that appeared in the Kaplan Newsweek Finding the Right College for You 2010 college guide.

You can gauge how colleges measure up to your expectations in a number of ways by

• consulting college guide books and online resources,
• considering the opinions of individuals whose opinions you value, and
• experiencing the college for yourself.

Students who have enrolled at Earlham frequently cite Loren Pope's book Colleges That Change Lives and the CTLC Web site as having been a significant influence in gaining knowledge about Earlham and other schools.

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 Factbook: Data and Details. 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).

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This page last updated: December 22, 2009