Carol Geary Schneider ’67: “Today, colleges like Mount Holyoke are setting the pace for creative reinvention by connecting the liberal arts and sciences to the world’s most important challenges.”
In response to the news of Sweet Briar College’s closing, Carol Geary Schneider ’67, President of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, writes:
I am saddened this week, as so many educators are, to hear the news of Sweet Briar’s closing—all the more so because I am myself a proud graduate of a women’s college. But my sadness is tempered by a strong conviction that liberal arts colleges—including my own alma mater, Mount Holyoke College—are already leading a far-reaching redesign of liberal and liberal arts education that makes this design for learning more valuable than ever, for students and for a dynamic democracy. Colleges that advance the enduring goals of a high-quality liberal arts education through creative, adaptive, and globally-minded practices will not only survive, but thrive. And they will continue to set the standard for quality across both US higher education and the global community.
Readers may be interested in remarks I made at the tenth anniversary of Mount Holyoke’s McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, which offers applied learning opportunities, both here and abroad, to help students acquire the skills needed for citizenship and careers in today’s global world. And they all should take a look at what Mount Holyoke is doing to better connect the college curriculum with careers.
$10 Million for MHC 