Report from Bennington College to the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
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1988-01-01
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Abstract
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