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Readers write back: A Joint Effort; The Oldest and Still Current; Taking the Lead; A Multilayered Problem
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Carleton has long worked to attract international students, while simultaneously and systematically increasing its commitment to providing all students access to deep, meaningful learning experiences abroad. This year, our Off-Campus Studies program is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
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“Early on in our relationship, Kamaran had explained to me that in his world, photography was just about blood, death, and body counts. Where was the beauty? he wondered. Where was the curiosity? The desire to see the world in a different way?”
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“The more diverse a student body, the more energetic and engaging that student body will be. To me, that involves defining diversity in the broadest of ways, which includes sociocultural, geographic, and even political difference.”
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“A course in biography would be laughed at in most of our departmentalized universities. Yet I think it deserves no laughter.”
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“The thing about kids is that if they say they’re enjoying something, they’re enjoying it. No one is showing up to be friendly.”
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“What’s the point of my wonderful education? Is it just for me to amass wealth and live in a big house? The gift of access and education shouldn’t benefit only my family.”
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“We are mentoring the students who will ultimately take on some of the biggest problems facing the planet right now.”
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One of the conceits driving the design of Evelyn M. Anderson Hall, Carleton’s new science facility, is that well-lit communal spaces encourage creativity and cross-disciplinary collaboration. That’s why the building’s three-story glass foyer was built to look like and function as a kind of living room.
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The Community, Equity, and Diversity Initiative partnered with the facilities and residential life offices to add more accessible single-user restrooms to the Carleton campus.
