CSB Mission as a Residential Liberal Arts College, 1967-2011

CSB Mission as a Residential Liberal Arts College Sister Firmin Escher, Academic Dean speech to students on "How To Study", October 5, 1966; Idzerda, Stanley J: On Liberal Education "Higher Education: Social Adjustment or Human Liberation?" 1967 Letter Inviting Students to discuss Liberal Education 1970 "Liberal Arts -- What Do They Do?" John Henry Newman, "Idea of a University," Elie Wiesel, "Have You Learned the Most Important Lesson of All?" Parade Magazine, May 24, 1992 (a Nobel Laureate asks graduates what education really means) Alexander Aston, "How the Liberal Arts Colleges Affects Students" "What Matters in the Liberal Arts" Note: Carnegie Foundations classifications of colleges & Universities (changes were made in 2000 and 2005) a letter from Mary Lyons, January 14, 2000 to the organization in which she comments on the classification. Essays by Robert Spaeth on Liberal Education: "Individualism vs. Liberal Education" in EXHORTATIONS ON LIBERAL EDUCATION: A DEAN SPEAKS HIS MIND." "Thinking -- Exhortations on Liberal Education." "Good Discussion: "A Joint Search," Improving College and University Teaching, Fall 1978 "Liberal Education and Life," 1988 General Education - Philosophy Statement, 1979 Inaugural Address by S. Emmanuel Renner, Oct. 6, 1979 "A Cause for Celebration" "Some Thoughts on the Meaning of the Liberal Arts," by S. Emmanuel Renner, 1981 "Liberal Education at CSB/SJU," by S. Emmanuel Renner, 1981-82 "Liberal Arts and the Professional Education Blend," 1982 Liberal Arts College, 1986 "The Liberal Arts Mission," from President O'Connell's Planning: Challenge and Opportunity Toward the College of the 1990s, Nov. 21, 1986 Liberal Education Skills "The Problem of Intellectual Life in the American Church," Tom Landry Freshman Address at Yale U by Barlet Giamatti, "A Liberal Education and the New Coercion" August 31, 1981; CSB as a Residential College (1986) Integrative Education- Service Learning Leadership Initiative "Wonder, Delight, Celebration: The Uses of Liberal Learning" by S. Kristin Malloy, OSB, 1990 Convocation Address Holistic Education at CSB/SJU, 2000-2001 How Are These Interrelated at CSB/SJU? CSB/SJU Mission Statements Benedictine Values in CSB/SJU Educational Philosophy Educational Experiences that are formational in integrating the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and aesthetic qualities in individuals Fall 2002 USNews 2003 Tier 2 National Liberal Arts Colleges;  "U.S News and World Report :America's Best Colleges," 1995  Summary: CSB/SJU Analysis of U.S. News Methodology February 10, 1995 "U.S News and World Report:America's Best Colleges," 1996  Summary: CSB/SJU Office of Admissions and Enrollment Management Analysis of U.S. News Tier II Aspiration January 8, 1996  Summary: CSB/SJU U.S. News and World Report College Ranking Methodology January 8, 1996  "U.S News and World Report:America's Best Colleges," 1997  U.S. News "Plugging the Kegs" article, U.S News "Plugging the Kegs" positive points for media interviews January 19, 1998 and Br. Dietrich Reinhard's memo to members of the board of regents about article  U.S News & World Report Best Colleges - September 1999 (within Tier 3)  Fall 2003 U.S News 2004 Best Colleges Top 110 National Liberal Arts Colleges and memo from Mary Milbert about analysis  U.S. News & World Report- 2005 Peer Assessment of Colleges and Universities - Liberal Arts Colleges  U.S. News & World Report America's Best Colleges 2006 (published August 2005)  CSB/SJU Advance in Rankings among "Best National Liberal Arts Colleges "by U.S. News and World Report, "America's Best Colleges 2006 (ca September 2005), August 18, 2006  Inside Higher Ed. Article- "More Momentum Against" 'U.S. News', June 21, 2007 'Annapolis Group survey finds high satisfaction among liberal arts college graduates,' Inside Higher Ed, November 16, 2011