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- 50 Best colleges for African Americans: the right college environment can make or break an experience. Here's how to make sure students choose the school that's best for them - Special Report
- TIMES MAY HAVE CHANGED, BUT ONE THING HAS REMAINED constant: Each year, thousands of African American teens and parents will sit down to make the big decision about which college to attend. Typically, families base their choices on several factors: overall cost, financial aid package, location, and the school's academic...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Harvard Graduate School of Education - On The Move - Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot - Brief Article
- DR. SARA LAWRENCE-LIGHTFOOT, author and professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been named board chair of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Lawrence-Lightfoot earned a bachelor's from Swarthmore College and a doctorate from Harvard University.
- Research articles 2002-02-28
- The perils of a public intellectual - George W. Hartmann - Experts in the Service of Social Reform: SPSSI, Psychology, and Society, 1936-1996
- Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair Show an affirming flame.- W. H. Auden, "September 1,...
- Research articles 1998-03-22
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- No-loan plan at Swarthmore
- Swarthmore College will replace all student loans with scholarships in financial aid awards beginning next fall, the dean of admissions said yesterday. Swarthmore's move will put the elite liberal arts college in Delaware County in a league with Harvard University, Princeton and a handful of other colleges and universities that...
- Research articles 2007-12-13
- 'A new mountain to climb': as the new dean of UC-Berkeley's law school, Christopher Edley Jr. plans to continue the civil rights and social justice agenda work for which he has become well known
- Christopher Edley Jr. Title: Dean, Boalt Hail School of Law, University of California-Berkeley Education: Bachelor's, Mathematics and Economics, Swarthmore College; Master's, Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; J.D., Harvard Law School, Harvard University Birthplace: Boston Age: 51 Family: Married to Maria Echaveste, former...
- Research articles 2004-07-29
- How to Add Value to Someone Smarter Than You
- The vast majority of my brief life has been spent with people significantly smarter and more experienced than me. The obvious example is the business world where I interact with people twice my age (twice as wise, twice as experienced) several times a day. The effect of such immersion is...
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- A side trip to the stars
- PHYSICS Miguel F. Morales Title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Education: Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz; B.A., Physics, Swarthmore College Age: 33 Dr. Miguel Morales says there was always a distant chance that he would end...
- Research articles 2006-01-12
- Survey grades colleges on public service.
- Nobody would argue that Bryn Mawr College and Pennsylvania State University are both highly regarded schools with strong academic traditions. But better than Harvard, than Penn, than Swarthmore? Apparently so, if the oft-asked question "What are the nation's best colleges?" is tweaked into "What colleges are best for the...
- Research articles 2006-08-12
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