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Item Accreditation Site Visit November 1–4, 2009(2009-11-01)Schedule for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Visiting Committee November 2009 visit.Item Bennington College Fifth-Year Interim Report prepared for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Inc.(2014-08) Bennington CollegeInstitutional Overview. Areas for Special Emphasis: Financial Stability, Deferred Maintenance, Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment, Strategic Planning. Standards Narrative. Reflective Essay. Plans. Appendices.Item Bennington College Reevaluation Study (Self-Study)(Bennington College, 1977-11)Item Bennington College Report for Consideration to the Commission on Institutions of Higher Learning of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges(2011-08-15)The following report was drafted by a core team of senior administrative staff members in consultation with the President. The Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; the Associate Provost; the Vice President for Planning and Special Programs; the Vice President for Administration and Planning were all integrally involved in preparing the report. As directed by the Commission, the narrative focuses on four areas: (1) ensuring financial stability; (2) deferred maintenance and campus renovations; (3) implementing a comprehensive approach to the assessment of institutional effectiveness; and (4) implementing the Strategic Planning Framework.Item Bennington College Report for Consideration to the Commission on Institutions of Higher Learning of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges(2013-01-15) Bennington CollegeThe following report was drafted by a core team of senior administrative staff members in consultation with the President. As directed by the Commission, the narrative focuses on two areas: (1) implementing a comprehensive approach to institutional effectiveness and assessment; and (2) implementing strategic planning.Item Bennington College Self Study(1994-03) Bennington CollegeThe academic strengths of the College remain inseparable from its originating ideas: students taking responsibility for designing their education; the central role of academic counseling; the immersion of students from the outset in the center of the working life of the faculty; the continual pursuit and elaborations of the interrelationships between life inside the classroom and life in the world (the Field Work Term, emphasis on the practitioner teacher, teaching and learning as performing arts). In those instances where the college works, the power and intensity of the educational experience remain formidable. The academic weaknesses of the College are: the recalcitrant rigidity of the divisions and the subsequent problems for faculty and students in putting together educational programs that transcend divisions; the unevenness in the quality of the counseling experience; the excesses of the focus on the individual and, conversely, the inadequacies in the experience of shared purposes and of social responsibility; an absence of uniformly high standards with respect to the demands made on students; and the freshman year experience.Item Bennington College Self Study Prepared for the New England Commission of Higher Education(2019-08) Bennington CollegeItem Bennington College Self-Study for The New England Association of Schools and Colleges(1999-11) Bennington CollegeItem Bennington College Self-Study in preparation for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools & Colleges, Inc.(2009-11)For more than seventy-five years, Bennington has remained wholeheartedly committed to the mission and purposes envisioned by our founders, based on the belief that the most compelling education is one that students actively shape themselves. The paradox of that steady commitment is that the College’s philosophy contains within itself a kind of restlessness, a perpetual propensity for reflection and renewal. Just as we have continually confronted the inherent tension between our students’ self-directed and reflective processes and the role of the individual in a larger social community, so too have we worked as an institution to balance stability with relentless innovation. Just as our students’ academic plans formulate and reformulate in a constant state of strengthening and refining that engenders their intellectual and personal growth, so too does the College continue to evolve. Maintaining that delicate balance—whether in our own strategic planning or in each student’s individual plan of study—remains a central challenge.Item Bennington Focused Evaluation Report to Commission on The Institutions of Higher Education(1985) Rock, Michael T.; Cohen, Ronald J.; Welter, RushIn 1984, The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education placed Bennington College on warning status. The Commission asked that the College submit a report with data relevant to applications, admissions, and enrollment, to the then pending lease-leaseback arrangement , to the College's financial status, and to the status of fundraising. In addition, the Commission scheduled an evaluation visit for the fall of 1985 to review the College's warning status. This report was prepared for the focused evaluation visit scheduled for September, 1985.Item Correspondence between Elizabeth Coleman and Charles M. Cook(1996-06)Correspondence regarding requests modifications and edits to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education 1996 accreditation report.Item Correspondence to Charles Cook from Elizabeth Coleman(1994-11-10) Coleman, ElizabethItem Correspondence to Elizabeth Coleman from Barbara E. Brittingham(1992-03-23) Brittingham, Barbara E.I write to inform you that at its meeting on March 6, 1992 the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education considered the Annual Report on Finance and Enrollment (ARFE) submitted by Bennington College and voted to take the following action: that the Annual Report on Finance and Enrollment submitted by Bennington College be accepted; that the College submit another such report for consideration in Spring, 1993; that the ARFE submitted for consideration for Spring, 1993 focus on: 1. progress of the Capital Campaign with particular reference to the income and allocation of Capital Campaign funds; 2. success in building the endowment; 3. progress toward downsizing the institution; 4. the enrollment of Fall, 1992 and future enrollment projections and budgetsItem Correspondence to Elizabeth Coleman from Barbara E. Brittingham(1992-03-23) Brittingham, Barbara E.I write to inform you that at its meeting on March 6, 1992 the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education considered the Annual Report on Finance and Enrollment (ARFE) submitted by Bennington College and voted to take the following action: that the Annual Report on Finance and Enrollment submitted by Bennington College be accepted; that the College submit another such report for consideration in Spring, 1993; that the ARFE submitted for consideration for Spring, 1993 focus on: 1. progress of the Capital Campaign with particular reference to the income and allocation of Capital Campaign funds ; 2. success in building the endowment; 3. progress toward downsizing the institution; 4. the enrollment of Fall, 1992 and future enrollment projections and budgets; that the scheduling of the next comprehensive evaluation for Fall, 1993 be confirmed.Item Correspondence to Elizabeth Coleman from Frances C. Volkmann(1994-12-07) Volkmann, Frances C.I write to inform you that at its meeting on November 18, 1994, the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education took the following action in regard to Bennington College: that action on the accreditation of Bennington College be deferred; that the College submit a report on its finances and enrollment by December 1, 1995 for consideration in Spring, 1996; that an evaluation be scheduled for Spring, 1996, focusing on the College's success in the following areas: L reinvigorating the academic life of the institution in order to enhance the academic quality of the undergraduate experience; 2. ensuring that the faculty is sufficient to carry out the institution's recently redefined educational objectives and that it appropriately participates in educational policymaking and institutional governance; 3. improving the quality of student life; that the scheduling of the next comprehensive evaluation be determined based on the Commission's findings following the focused evaluation.Item Correspondence to Elizabeth Coleman from Jean A. Wyld(2013-03-25) Wyld, Jean A.At its meeting on March 8, 2013, the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education considered the report submitted by Bennington College and took the following action: that the report submitted by Bennington College be accepted; that the fifth-year interim report scheduled for consideration in Fall 2014 be confirmed; that, in addition to the information included in all interim reports, the institution continue to give emphasis to its success with the matters identified in our letter of April 14, 2010, specifically: 1. ensuring financial stability, with particular attention to managing debt, managing the tuition discount rate and reducing the gap between net tuition revenue and operating expenses; 2. reducing deferred maintenance and completing renovations to the campus; 3. implementing a comprehensive approach to the assessment of institutional effectiveness, including the use of data to inform planning and decision making; 4. implementing the Strategic Planning Framework; that the comprehensive evaluation scheduled for Fall 2019 be confirmed.Item Correspondence to Elizabeth Coleman from Mary Jo Maydew(2011-10-26)At its meeting on September 22, 2011, the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education considered the report submitted by Bennington College and took the following action: that the report submitted by Bennington College be accepted; that the College submit a report for consideration in Spring 2013 that gives emphasis to the institution's continued success in: I) implementing a comprehensive approach to institutional effectiveness and assessment, including the use of data to inform planning and decision-making; 2) implementing its strategic planning; that the fifth-year interim report scheduled for consideration in Fall 2014 be confirmed; that, as noted in our letter of April 14, 2010, in addition to the information included in all fifth-year reports, the College provide evidence of its continued success in addressing the four matters included in the current report; that the comprehensive evaluation scheduled for Fall 2019 be confirmed.Item Correspondence to Mariko Silver from Patricia Maguire Meservey(2014-12-02) Meservey, Patricia MaguireAt its meeting on September 19, 2014, the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education considered the interim report submitted by Bennington College and voted to take the following action: that the interim (fifth-year) report submitted by Bennington College be accepted; that Bennington College submit a report for consideration in Fall 2016 that gives emphasis to the institution's success in: 1. achieving its goals for enrollment and financial stability; 2. continuing to implement a comprehensive approach to assessment of institutional effectiveness with an emphasis on student learning outcomes; 3. undertaking the next iteration of strategic planning aligned with its revised mission; that the comprehensive evaluation scheduled for Fall 2019 be confirmed.Item Draft Report to the Faculty, Administration, Trustees, Students of Bennington College Bennington, Vermont by An Evaluation Team representing the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges(1996) Edwards, Robert H.; Knable, Bobbie M.; McPherson, Michael S.; Yu, Clara"This is the report of the "focused evaluation" team that visited Bennington College from April 15-17, 1996. Our charge was to estimate the College's success in the following areas: 1. Reinvigorating the academic life of the institution in order to enhance the academic quality of the undergraduate experience; 2. Ensuring that the faculty is sufficient to carry out the institution's recently redefined educational objectives and that it appropriately participates in educational policymaking and institutional governance; and 3. Improving the quality of student life. Shortly before the team's visit an additional area of focus was added, and the team was asked: 4. To assess the financial well-being of the institution and its capacity to meet the standard on Financial Resources."Item Final Report to the Faculty, Students, Staff, Administration, and Trustees of Bennington College Bennington, VT(2019-12-04) Stephens, Sonya; Ansell, Amy; Mercier, Cathryn; Ng, Donna; Horton, Sheilah Shaw; Rhoda, Chris; Whitcomb, Michael E.; White, Renée T.