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Why Colleges Should Offer a Three Year Option

Thu, May 24, 2012

As I prepare for my commencement speech this year, I remember vividly when I first realized that I could graduate college in three years rather than four. As a freshman, I was certainly in no hurry to leave. Indeed, I [read more]

Recent Book Review

"The Patagonian Hare: Memoir" by Claude Lanzmann

April 27, 2012

The Washington Post – "The Patagonian Hare: Memoir is filled with Lanzmann's cloying self-regard, but we accept it for the single reason that he created “Shoah,” his 1985 documentary about the Nazi war against the Jews." [read more here]

Huffington Post

Beyond Information Transfer: An Invitation to Lifelong Learning

May 4, 2012

Recently, there have been dozens of stories about whether those college years were worth the investment of time and money. Are American colleges and universities doing enough to prepare their graduates for the competitive world beyond the campus? [read more here]


Welcome To Wesleyan

Wesleyan University stands for the opportunity to connect serious intellectual and aesthetic work with making a positive difference in the world. That makes Wesleyan a promising place to be. You can sense  this promise everyday in the life and work of our community – here on campus and around the world. Students here have the talent, the capacity and the drive to create something new. Our open curriculum enables them to identify and explore aspects of the world that interest them most, and our superb faculty teach them how to refine and strengthen their efforts. By the end of their undergraduate careers, our students know how to produce work that has real impact in the worlds of ideas, enterprise, and service.

The gift of a Wesleyan education is the freedom to discover what you love to do and then to get better at it. This is a gift I received as a student here thirty years ago, and today’s students continue to experience its transformative power.

Sincerely,

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