SAT scores nationwide declined for the second straight year, according to data released today by the College Board–the nonprofit organization that administers the exam. The class of 2007 notched a 1-point decline in critical reading scores, a 3-point decline in mathematics, and a 3-point drop in the writing section–now in its second year. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps no other school exemplifies the liberal arts the way Oberlin does. It’s a bastion of liberal thought, of course, and home to one of the country’s best music conservatories. But there’s actual art on campus, too, from the colorful chairs in the library to the original Picassos and Jackson Pollocks the art museum lends to students to hang in their dorm rooms. Read the rest of this entry »

Lake Erie College was withering on the vine less than a decade ago. The school of several hundred students went coed in the 1980s, but enrollment was lackluster and the college was failing to define itself amid the legion of other small liberal arts schools on the buckle of the rust belt. It was once so elitist that the school, in Painesville, Ohio, had its own yacht. Read the rest of this entry »

The Jesuits have been synonymous with education since the founding of their order in 1540. Their patron, St. Ignatius Loyola, espoused spiritual development and service. Read the rest of this entry »

In 1845, John Baldwin founded a college that admitted students without regard to gender, race, or religion. A few years later, he took his vision of inclusive education to India and founded a school there as well. Talk about a man ahead of his time. Read the rest of this entry »