This is a post of a different type– not about a visit to one of NECHE’s schools, but to the two colleges where I spent my early career. My visits came within a few weeks of each other and together they produced a surprising reaction in me. I’ll start with the trip that took me back…Continue readingOlder Roads
Category: Liberal Arts colleges
Stop #3 on my Vermont trek was lovely Champlain College, at home on a sweeping campus overlooking the lake from which it takes its name. NECHE accredits all the Burlington, Vermont area institutions of higher education including the University of Vermont, Champlain, St. Michael’s, plus a campus of the Community College of Vermont. In fact,…Continue readingPit Stop #72: Champlain College
The end of summer brought me on an enlightening visit to Wheaton College – that’s Wheaton College in Massachusetts, of course, not the one in Illinois. Wheaton is the home of President Michaele Whelan, whom we were fortunate to have assume the role of Chair of the New England Commission on July 1. An experienced and energetic leader…Continue readingPit Stop #68: Wheaton College
Recently, I made the two-hour drive from Boston to visit St. Joseph’s College in Maine, located fifteen miles northwest of the booming city of Portland. It was cloudy, and then the skies erupted in a downpour, so my photos don’t quite do the campus justice, but trust me — St. Joseph’s campus is both beautiful and…Continue readingPit Stop #67: St. Joseph’s College
These happy graduates in white were clustered around the entrance sign to Curry College, making it the perfect photo opportunity for me to commemorate my visit. Apparently, it was my week for campus tours– as I hit three colleges in just seven days. By the time I reached Curry College’s main campus, located a mere eight…Continue readingPit Stop #64: Curry College
At the very start of this summer, I had the privilege of visiting Bryant University and its President Ross Gittell. This was my first trip to Bryant, located in Smithfield, Rhode Island just fifty miles south of Boston and twelve miles north of Providence. President Gittell, in addition to being an accomplished economist and economic development…Continue readingPit Stop #63: Bryant University
So what small residential liberal arts college has been a question (or answer) on the hit game show Jeopardy! twelve times to date? That would be Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, a mere 15 miles north of Manhattan. Sarah Lawrence is one of several New York institutions looking to move their accreditation to NECHE and…Continue readingPit Stop #62: Sarah Lawrence College
Providence College (or PC as it is known to Friartown aficionados) is home to one of NECHE’s commissioners, John Sweeney, and I’ve owed John and PC a visit for too long. John is finishing his sixth and final year volunteering with NECHE and his service to the organization has been extraordinary. In his “day job”…Continue readingPit Stop #59: Providence College
Recently, I had the opportunity to travel north to Putney, Vermont, home of Landmark College, accredited by NECHE since 1991. I know I say this over and over, but almost every time I visit one of NECHE’s schools, I come away thinking, “What a unique institution with such a distinct and valuable mission!” Landmark College certainly fits…Continue readingPit Stop #56: Landmark College
I have to admit that Bangladesh was never on my list of must-visit places, but after just a few days there, it’s absolutely on my must-visit-again list. And trust me, it’s not because I made this trip for the weather since as it turns out, I visited in the middle of monsoon season. (I’ll never complain…Continue readingPit Stop #54: Asian University for Women