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Swarthmore College (/ ˈswɔːrθmɔːr / SWORTH-mor, locally / ˈswɑːθmɔːr / SWAHTH-mor) [6] is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. [7] Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. [8] It was established as a college under the ...
The following is a list of notable people associated with Swarthmore College, a private, independent liberal arts college located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Since its founding in 1864, Swarthmore has graduated 156 classes of students. As of 2022, the College enrolls 1,689 students and has roughly 21,300 living alumni.
Harvard University, with a $49.495 billion endowment as of FY2023, is the wealthiest university in the world. Many colleges and universities in the United States maintain a financial endowment consisting of assets that are invested in financial securities, real estate, and other instruments. The investment yields a return that funds a portion ...
Swarthmore College. Valerie Smith (born February 19, 1956) [1] is an American academic administrator, professor, and scholar of African-American literature and culture. She is the 15th and current president of Swarthmore College. She taught at Princeton University from 1980 to 1989 and at University of California, Los Angeles from 1989 to 2000.
Spring Garden College (1851–1992) – baccalaureate university in Philadelphia. United Wesleyan College (1921–1990) – Bible college affiliated with the Wesleyan Church, located in Allentown. Villa Marie College (1925–1989) – baccalaureate Roman Catholic university in Erie; merged with Gannon University.
Swarthmore (/ ˈ s w ɔːr θ m ɔːr / SWORTH-mor, locally / ˈ s w ɑː θ m ɔːr / SWAHTH-mor) [3] is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.Swarthmore was originally named "Westdale" in honor of noted painter Benjamin West, who was one of the early residents of the town.
Little Ivies. The Little Ivies are an unofficial group of small, academically competitive private liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The term Little Ivy derives from these schools' small student bodies, standards of academic excellence, associated historic social prestige, and highly selective ...
December 21, 1965 [2] The Benjamin West Birthplace, also known as Benjamin West House, [3] is a historic home located on the campus of Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was the birthplace of artist Benjamin West (1738–1820), who was an influential mentor to a generation of American painters, including Gilbert ...