Report from Bennington College to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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1988-01-01

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Bennington College began the current academic year on an optimistic note, and with good reason. The financial and enrollment information contained in the accompanying tables makes clear that the College has turned an important corner in stabilizing its current situation, in identifying areas that require more and sustained attention, and in laying the reasonable groundwork for a more secure future. In all of this, the College has retained the essential features of its educational program, features that have led all the New England Association teams that have visited Bennington to remark on the educational vitality of the institution and the importance of preserving its unique place in American higher education. This narrative will identify four different features of the current situation that provide the grounds for optimism. Attention will be directed first to changes in the College's administrative personnel. Though these changes are not reflected directly in the statistical information contained in the accompanying tables, they are crucial to an understanding of the College's improved situation. Detailed information on the remaining three (applications and enrollment, annual budgets, and planning guidelines for the near-term future) is contained in the accompanying tables and will be discussed in turn.

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NEASC, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education

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