College Spotlight--Haverford College (visiting 11/2/11)

Link: Haverford College

One of America's leading liberal arts colleges, Haverford is a close-knit intellectual community located on a serene campus just outside Philadelphia. Founded on the Quaker values of individual dignity, academic strength, and tolerance, we combine a rigorous academic program with an informal atmosphere of mutual respect and collaboration among students, faculty and staff.

Studenst approach work and study — as well as debate and conflict — with an awareness of the greater good. Haverford's Honor Code is one of the oldest in the country, and one of the few with a social dimension — we seek to appreciate and trust each other while working together and speaking candidly about our differences.

A beautiful and stimulating environment, Haverford's self-contained campus on more than 200 acres features award-winning architecture and landscaping. The campus itself is a nationally recognized arboretum, with more than 400 species of trees and shrubs, a 3.5-acre duck pond, multiple gardens, and wooded areas. Our location on the outskirts of Philadelphia offers easy access to its wealth of activities and cultural institutions, as well as the rest of the Mid-Atlantic region.

The College operates more than 50 academic, athletic, and residential buildings. The most recent additions are the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Science Center and the Douglas B. Gardner '83 Integrated Athletic Center. Haverford's Magill Library boasts more than a half million of its own volumes and has access to nearly two million more through its unusual Tripod computerized catalog system, which integrates our library with those of neighboring Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges. In addition to Magill's main resources, we house a number of special collections including the Quaker Collection, the C.C. Morris 1904 Cricket Library, and numerous rare books and other treasures; we also maintain three smaller music, science, and astronomy libraries on campus.

Haverford students are entrusted with freedom and responsibility from their first days on campus, an act of trust aimed at developing the whole person and creating a lasting bond between individual and institution. Students leave Haverford with an increased sense of independence, curiosity, and confidence, as well as lasting bonds with friends and faculty. Whether 'Fords go on to advance their educations, enter the workforce, travel the world, or better the world in one of any number of ways, they leave grounded and well-equipped for rich, dynamic lives.

View the College's Common Data Set, which many colleges and universities use to provide statistical information.