Goucher College once again has been included in The Princeton Review’s annual college guide, The Best 377 Colleges. Additionally, Goucher was No. 2 on the guide’s 2013 list of schools with the “Most Popular Study Abroad Program,” and it was noted for being one of the best colleges in the Northeastern United States. Goucher also […]

Goucher College has been included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, which the editor calls a compendium of the “best and most interesting colleges and universities.” Additionally, Goucher was among 41 institutions — 20 public and 21 private — that were designated a “Best Buy” for offering “outstanding academics with a relatively modest price.”

The Goucher College Library has introduced a new competition for book collectors: the Applestein-Sweren Prize, made possible by an endowment established this year by Betty Applestein-Sweren ’52 and Dr. Edgar Sweren. The competition is meant to encourage Goucher students to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries throughout their lives; to appreciate the special qualities

Goucher College is presenting a free, public presentation by Shujaa Graham, an anti-death penalty activist and exonerated death row inmate, on Thursday, November 8, at 7 p.m. in Kelley Lecture Hall. Graham was born in Lake Providence, LA, where he grew up in a sharecropper family on a plantation in the segregated South of the

Goucher College once again has been included in the popular guide Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. In the revised and expanded edition, education writer Hilary Masell Oswald conducted school tours and in-depth interviews to build on the original guide written by the late New York Times education

Goucher College’s Kratz Center for Creative Writing is presenting Colm Tóibín—the award-winning Irish novelist and journalist—on Monday, November 12, at 8 p.m. in Kraushaar Auditorium. Tóibín will read from his works and sign copies of his books. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved at www.goucher.edu/tickets or by calling

The newly launched Goucher Poll asked Maryland citizens for their opinions toward same-sex marriage, immigration and undocumented immigrants, pit bull “inherently dangerous” court ruling, expanded gambling, and perceptions of the most important issues facing the state. Highlights of the results regarding these most pressing issues in the state are detailed below. The poll, conducted October

The results of the inaugural Goucher Poll are in. The poll, conducted October 21-25, asked Maryland residents for their perspectives regarding the favorability ratings of President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Martin O’Malley; right track/wrong direction of the nation; personal financial situation; and perceptions of state spending and taxation. The poll surveyed a dual-frame (landlines

Reproductive rights activist and author Cristina Page ’93 will give a talk titled “The War on Contraception: High Stakes This Presidential Election Year” on Monday, September 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Kelley Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved at www.goucher.edu/tickets or by calling 410-337-6333. This