Swarthmore Continues Test-Optional Policy
The college renewed its test-optional policy for up to five more years.
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Office Hours: Faculty on the Implications of Generative AI for Higher Education
Swarthmore professors share their thoughts on the growing prevalence of generative artificial intelligence and its implications for higher education and the liberal arts.
Office Hours: Faculty on Grading Practices and Grade Inflation
In the second edition of our regular column, “Office Hours”, Swarthmore faculty members share their thoughts on and concerns with grading practices and grade inflation at Swarthmore and beyond.
Weekly Column: Swat Says
In this edition of Swat Says, students share their thoughts on marriage in college, discuss whether Swarthmore was their first choice, and reveal their favorite summer spots on campus.
May There Be Peace on Earth (A Story That’s Not About Kyle House)
A little away from most Swarthmore’s residential halls, tucked away in the corner next to The Lang Civic Center and across Singer, you’ll find Kyle House: a women’s dorm. Housing ten women in three rooms of doubles and three rooms of singles
Dear Readers: For When You Want to Transfer
Dear Readers, It hit me recently, in a buzzing swarm of thoughts, that I’m a junior. With three years under my belt, rejections a plenty, fist bumps over paper grades, and a particularly embarrassing episode when I cried under a lamplight near
On Dropping Out & Graduating Early
When I was ten years old, I remember being tasked with an assignment in which I had to plan my future career. When I say plan, I mean really plan. At ten, the only thing I wanted from life was to be
A Plea for More Diversity of Thought on Campus
The rise and subsequent entrenchment of woke culture – wherein individuals adopt an obsessive and blinkered approach towards civil rights issues – in higher education institutions has resulted in the erosion of intellectual rigor that flows from nuanced debate around contested issues.
Notes on Phenomenology from a Freshman Perspective
The concept of college, from applications to attendance, is interlaced with the goal of identifying who you are. This is obvious from the very beginning of the college search process. “What schools will help you accomplish your goals?” “Which will offer the