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TEAGLE FOUNDATION GRANTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
November 18, 2005

COLLEGE-BASED WORKING GROUPS

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Calvin College
Strengthening Liberal Arts Education by Embracing Place and Particularity

 

 $99,340 over 19 months. Calvin College will convene a working group of faculty members, administrators, trustees, alumni, students, and community members to study the relationship between the liberal arts and the particularity of place. More.

College of Saint Benedict / St. Johns University
Controversial Conversations: Gender Dialogue in a Faith-Based Liberal Arts College

 

 $91,657 over 18 months. The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University will work together to investigate the topic of controversial conversations—and specifically conversations about gender—within the context of faith-based (and in their case, Catholic) liberal arts colleges. More

Lawrence University
A Study of the Lawrence Fellows in Liberal Arts and Sciences

 

 $100,000 over 20 months. Lawrence University will assemble a working group of faculty, staff, students, and administrators to study and assess the college’s new postdoctoral teaching fellowship program, the Lawrence Fellows in Liberal Arts and Sciences. More

Mount Holyoke College
Expanding Learning Abroad Opportunities for All Students

 

 $100,000 over 20 months. Mount Holyoke faculty, students, staff, and alumnae will work together to investigate strategies that make it possible for their students to have a meaningful learning experience abroad, and subsequently, to connect those experiences to the College’s goal of preparing students for global citizenship. More

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Expanding Quantitative Analysis as a Framework for Interdisciplinary Learning and Applied Problem Solving

 

 $99,500 over 20 months. Working from the premise that liberal arts colleges can play an important role in addressing problems related to Americans’ lagging proficiency in math and science relative to the rest of the world, Wheaton College will assemble a working group to increase students’ understanding of quantitative analysis and literacy. More