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Secondary Navigation. By Katie Watson Thu May 24, 6:56 AM ET. (Yahoo News)
Flexibility is key to finding affordable universities May 23, 2007
Jenny got into the University of California Berkeley, the University of California San Diego and Sarah Lawrence College, which is a prestigious liberal arts college in New York ... Jenny got into the University of California Berkeley, the University of California San Diego and Sarah Lawrence College, which is a prestigious liberal arts college in New York. (Townhall.com)
The bossa nova? For Boston girl, blame it on love May 7, 2007
While Rosa studied with Sorrento on her own, she enrolled as a college student at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. It was there that she delved into jazz, locking herself in her room and listening to jazz nonstop until, she says, she heard Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts" -- one of the best-known bebop songs of the 1940s -- in her dreams. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Second Cup Caf: Carly Simon May 6, 2007
While at Sarah Lawrence College, Simon and her sister played the Bitter End and the Gaslight clubs in Greenwich Village, opening for Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Dick Cavett and other soon-to-be-famous people. "We wore matching dresses and caught the train, very late at night, back to our schools in the private sector," Simon said in her official biography. (CBS News)
Colleges Relying on Lenders to Counsel Students Apr 22, 2007
Heather McDonnell, the director of financial aid at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., said she thought using loan companies for exit counseling was ;absolutely; inappropriate. Behind every lender is a consolidation loan,; Ms. McDonnell said. (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Low SATs? Rollins may still say 'yes' Apr 17, 2007
Among the other schools offering alternatives are Sarah Lawrence College in New York; Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts; Bowdoin College in Maine; and the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Rollins officials say they are not advocating for a test score ban. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
College and life not a game of numbers Apr 11, 2007
Part of the reason I benefited so much from attending Sarah Lawrence College is this school fits my personality ... The president of Sarah Lawrence College, Michele Tolela Meyers, recently wrote a column that appeared in the Washington Post and other newspapers across the country that exposed the college ranking system that U.S. News considers ... Sarah Merchlewitz, a former Winona Winhawk, is currently attending Sarah Lawrence College in New York. (Winona Daily News, MN)
N.Y. school sparks debate on accuracy of U.S. News's annual college rankings Apr 11, 2007
But recent criticism of U.S. News Report's college ranking system by Sarah Lawrence College President Michele Myers may give students a different perspective about the rankings. "U.S. News benefits from our appetite for shortcuts, sound bites and top 10 lists," Myers said in a column published in The Washington Post. (Daily Orange, NY)
College rankings backlash grows Apr 7, 2007
Last month, Sarah Lawrence College president Michele Tolela Myers wrote in the Washington Post that U.S. News officials told her that, because the school no longer collects or examines its students' average SAT scores, the magazine would come up with its own number. And this week's issue (dated April 16) will include a correction to its "best graduate schools" Guidebook, which went on sale April 2. (USA Today)
U.S. News Botches Post-Grad Ranks Apr 5, 2007
Last month, Sarah Lawrence College cried foul after the magazine threatened to assign SAT scores to the school even though it no longer requires standardized tests for admission. . (New York Post -- Business)
Universities oppose college rankings Mar 29, 2007
The movement began after Sarah Lawrence College President Michele Myers expressed her disapproval of the rankings in a guest column published in The Washington Post on March 11. "U.S. News benefits from our appetite for shortcuts, sound bites, and top-10 lists," she said. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
The College Rankings Revolt Mar 23, 2007
U.S. News was revealed to have considered assigning in its next rankings an arbitrary SAT score to Sarah Lawrence College because the school no longer collects applicants' scores. But no matter how many institutions join forces to take on the rankings, the question is, What can they offer as an alternative. (Time.com)
• Making the grade Mar 19, 2007
The list includes Sarah Lawrence College in New York, Middlebury and Bennington colleges in Vermont, Mount Holyoke and Holy Cross colleges in Massachusetts, and Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. "Grinnell College is a place that does require them, and they are important," said William Sumner, dean of admission and financial aid at Grinnell in Iowa, one of the country's leading liberal arts colleges. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Julie Coleman, 85; worked with OSS Mar 18, 2007
After receiving a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1943, she joined the OSS and worked in the Rome office under Captain James J. Angleton, who would become the legendary chief of counterintelligence with the Central Intelligence Agency. Relying on her language facility, she did translation and interrogation as the OSS sought to identify Italian operatives collaborating with the Nazis. (Boston Globe)
A rankings revolt Mar 14, 2007
Sarah Lawrence College, a small liberal-arts school outside New York City, is defying the magazine by refusing to supply SAT scores from applicants, an ingredient the magazine uses in judging campuses. The college has met with a draconian response from the publication: Produce the SAT numbers or we may make up our own, and deduct points while we're at it. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Robert Engler, 84; professor assailed modern oil industry Mar 11, 2007
He spent 18 years as a political science professor at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., before joining the CUNY faculty in 1969. He retired in 1991. (Boston Globe)
Lunar eclipse: 'Wonder of nature' Mar 5, 2007
" V.A.Shaji, Kulhudhuffushi, Republic of Maldives "I watched it, with 50 other girls from Sarah Lawrence College, on the bus ride to West Point Military Academy. "The windows were huge and we simply watched the shadows play over the Moon as we drove upstate. It was breathtaking." Amy Scoville, Bronxville, New York, USA. (BBC News -- Science)
Sports superstar-struck Feb 24, 2007
"Everyone loves a catfight," said Barash, a Manhattan-based gender expert who teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. "What's so interesting about this is that the catfight traditionally involves women. The solidarity among men, especially in sports, is supposed to be as real as it gets. So this is almost counter-intuitive. This is very familiar female behavior.". (Newsday -- Sports)
Rape Allegation Fuels Iraq's Religious Divisions Feb 22, 2007
Iraq's social structure and this case have "poured fuel on a raging fire of sectarian tensions," said Fawaz Gerges, an ABC News Consultant and Professor of International Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College. Gerges said he found Maliki's decision to dismiss the charges without a thorough investigation particularly troubling. (ABC News)
Rising star teaches workshops and performs at the Palm Feb 19, 2007 Remember me? When old friends come calling online Jan 28, 2007 Read more... Jan 26, 2007 America's Most Expensive Colleges Jan 20, 2007 Iraq War Fuels Global Jihad Jan 17, 2007 Beauty between the lines: Aging faces, worn bodies and known souls are Megan Moore's inspiration Jan 5, 2007 Full Story » Jan 2, 2007 Legends, leaders, and legacies: The year in farewells Jan 1, 2007
Jennie Franks got to know Chapman at a writing workshop he was teaching at the uber cool Sarah Lawrence College last year. Five years ago Clay was a graduating student with a two-book publishing deal. (Telluride Daily Planet, CO)
$50,000 Commissions for Six Emerging California Playwrights Jan 30, 2007
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Hearing from someone from your past is a good time to look at how you've changed over the years and revisit the things that worked and didn't work in the friendship, says Susan Shapiro Barash of Manhattan, a gender expert who teaches at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y.. For instance, why did you lose touch with this person in the first place. (Mail Tribune, OR)
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Comprising the bulk of the top 10 list are small liberal arts schools like Sarah Lawrence College in New York, Kenyon College in Ohio and Bennington College in Vermont--all high on prestige and low on student-teacher ratios. "So much of it has to do with the personal attention students get," says Tony Pals, a spokesman for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. (Forbes)
He holds Christian Johnson Chair in Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College. Rights. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
She had a ague interest in painting when she went off to college at Sarah Lawrence College just north of New York City. An art professor there cured her of her interest. (Missoulian, MT)
Most of the schools allowing men and women to room together have liberal reputations, including Swarthmore in Pennsylvania, Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and Sarah Lawrence College in New York. In the past year, some state schools like the University of California at Riverside have joined them. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Sarah Lawrence College president Alice Stone Ilchman was assistant US secretary of state for education and cultural affairs. Mathematician Raoul Bott, Shakespeare scholar G. Blakemore Evans, Celtic Studies chair Charles Dunn, music professor Elliot Forbes, and classics expert Herbert Bloch, all influential Harvard scholars, died last year. (Boston Globe -- Nation)
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