Swarthmore College News

"The writing program at the Belmont Public Schools exists to help students master the blank page," said Lindsey Rinder as she introduced a trio of seniors who filled those pages with brilliant analysis and writing and were honored with this year's Lillian F. Blacker Prizes for Excellence in Writing.

The high school senior was wait listed at Villanova University, her No. 1 pick. So she sent the admissions office a white sneaker with the letter V painted in blue and a note: “I’ve already got one foot in the door.

Hope Brinn and Mia Ferguson at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.

IN THE DARKNESS of night, the complaints were etched in chalk up and down the walkways of Swarthmore College, a 399-acre oasis of green quads and liberal student activism southwest of Philadelphia.

Born in Upland, Pa. she was the daughter of the late Martin and Margaret Dolan. Margaret retired after 28 years of service as a bursar for Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Pa.

In her first year as Campus Planning and Sustainability Manager, Clara Fang wanted to bring one of the successes from her past job at Swarthmore College here.

At Gwynedd- Mercy College there is a new builing under construction that will house the new Business School and School of Education.

Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Celeste Riley , Pamela Lampitt and Connie Wagner that would require the president of a public college or university to report campus crime statistics directly to the institution's governing body was approved Monday by an Assembly panel.

Viren Doshi, the vice president of Drexel's Health Law Society and a first-year student in the Earle Mack School of Law, is fighting the United States' ban against men who engage in sex with other men donating blood.

Johnson, Kendall & Johnson, Inc. today introduced Ben Hall as Vice President and Managing Director of JKJ Retirement Services .

Welcome to Decision Day, when high school seniors choose which college to attend and send in deposits to secure their place.

Webster Hall on the campus of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire is shown in this 2009 file photo.

Pressure on college and university administrations to take sexual assault cases more seriously is intensifying, and activists promise more lobbying as the school year nears an end.

I recently read that the people who run Swarthmore College, one of America's most progressive, diverse and elite educational institutions are covering up sex crimes against their female students.

A psychologist who has spent her professional career at Bryn Mawr College has been appointed interim president following last month's surprising resignation of Jane McAuliffe.

Tips for boosting your wait list chances: 1. Write a letter to the admissions office, emphasizing new achievements and strong desire to attend the college.

Swarthmore College has had one complaint filed against it involving lack of response to sexual assaults on campus, now another one will be filed for failing to comply with Title IX.

A psychologist who has spent her professional career at Bryn Mawr College has been appointed interim president following last month's surprising resignation of Jane McAuliffe.

Los Angeles Times entertainment, arts and culture critics choose the week's most noteworthy openings, new releases, ongoing events and places to go in and around Southern California.

When Swarthmore College, a bastion of progressive and feminist values among elite liberal arts colleges, fails to respond appropriately to charges of sexual assault and sexual harassment on campus, what hope can we have? Female president? Check.