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Eliminating Letter Grades for Spring 2020: How It Happened

Skip to: Student Response | The Deliberation Process | After the Vote On Apr. 16, roughly one month after the college evacuated its students and transitioned to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 crisis, a faculty vote changed the temporary grading

April 30, 2020

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Colgate students occupy admissions building, present action plans

At 7:30 this Monday morning, close to 300 students occupied Colgate University’s admissions office in response to instances of racial intolerance in the first three weeks of classes. Immediate catalysts to action included racist remarks made to students on the campus shuttle,

September 25, 2014

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Questions surround financial accessibility

In a ranking of college accessibility recently published by the New York Times, Swarthmore, in spite of having one of the highest endowments per student, found itself in the middle of the pack. “The top of the list includes some of the

September 11, 2014

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Acceptance rate rises to 17% for class of 2018

The admissions decisions mailed out by the college last week mark a decrease in applications to the college and a dip in selectivity for the class of 2018. While applications from the college steadily increased from 6,547 in 2011 to 6,614 in

April 3, 2014

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As colleges hire more admins, critics warn of bloat

According to the college staff reports, in 2011 the college employed 699 full-time employees. Of these, according to Director of Institutional Research Robin Huntington Shores, 242 were full-time professional administrators, while only 162 were tenured and on-track faculty members at the college.

April 3, 2014

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Haverford’s curtails generous financial aid policy

Haverford College has decided to end its costly policy of meeting all needed student aid with grants rather than loans, in the latest of several liberal arts college walkbacks on generous aid policies. Approved by Haverford’s Board of Managers in February, beginning

March 27, 2014

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Political science department hires two adjunct professors

Next year, the political science department will welcome two visiting professors to support its tenure-track staff while several professors go on leave and the college decreases teaching loads. The political science department, which has nine official professors handling around 100 prospective majors,

March 20, 2014

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Board of Managers ups college budget, tuition

Unreleased campus master plan is approved; 3 professors get tenure Last weekend, the Swarthmore Board of Managers gave three professors tenure and five promotions, approved the 2014-2015 budget and approved the as-yet unreleased campus master plan. The approved budget includes funding for

March 6, 2014

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More departments face over-enrollment as course loads decrease

The college is currently undergoing a gradual transition from a five-course professor teaching load to a four-course load. The transition is part of a three-pronged plan that, according to the college, will improve faculty-student engagement, increase opportunities for faculty to conduct research

February 14, 2014

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College considers sexual assault policy changes

The college is considering instituting a hearing process for sexual assault cases that would not require the complainant to sit in the same room as the respondent, college officials told Phoenix staff in a press conference earlier this week. They also said

February 7, 2014

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Obama holds summit on college access, prompting discussions at Swarthmore

In spite of Swarthmore’s absence from a White House summit of college presidents on the topic of improving college access for low-income students, Swarthmore administrators state that the college is committed to targeting and supporting disadvantaged students. The conference, which was convened

January 23, 2014

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Eliminating Letter Grades for Spring 2020: How It Happened

Colgate students occupy admissions building, present action plans

Questions surround financial accessibility

Acceptance rate rises to 17% for class of 2018

As colleges hire more admins, critics warn of bloat

Haverford’s curtails generous financial aid policy

Political science department hires two adjunct professors

Board of Managers ups college budget, tuition

More departments face over-enrollment as course loads decrease

College considers sexual assault policy changes

Obama holds summit on college access, prompting discussions at Swarthmore

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