Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College
motto	Wisdom with understanding
founding	1926
Sponsorship	Private
place	Yonkers , New York , USA
president	Karen R. Lawrence
Students	1,701
Foundation assets	$ 58.9 million
University sports	Hudson Valley Men's Athletic Conference Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference
Website	www.slc.edu

The Sarah Lawrence College is a private college in the United States . It is located in Westchester County , New York , about 15 miles north of Manhattan. The college is one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the USA.

The college was in 1926 by real estate - Tycoon William Van Duzer Lawrence on his property in Yonkers founded as a college for women and named after his wife. According to the target group of the senior daughters , the educational goal was not preparation for a job, but the development of personality through general education, primarily in the aesthetic area. The small study groups, based on the Oxford / Cambridge model, which have been retained to this day, promote the educational goal. Access is still elitist today, but above all it is expensive. With $ 58,000 a year in tuition fees, Sarah Lawrence is the most expensive college in the US and currently the world.

With the introduction of co-education in 1968, the gender separation was formally eliminated. Prior to that there had been discussions about a possible merger with Princeton University, but the college's administration decided to remain independent.

The college offers many international exchange programs for its students, including in Oxford, London, Paris, Florence and as the only American college an exchange program in Cuba.

Political activism plays a central role for the students. In the past, students and lecturers were heavily involved in protest movements against the Vietnam War , Apartheid and the Iraq War . The college is actively involved in combating sexual harassment .

Personalities

• see also category: University Lecturers (Sarah Lawrence College)

Lecturers

• Barry Altschul , drummer
• Rudolf Arnheim , media scientist, art psychologist and co-founder of modern art education
• Joseph Campbell , author, known for his work in the field of mythology
• Billy Collins , writer
• Dorothy DeLay , violin teacher
• Norman Dello Joio , composer
• EL Doctorow , writer and publicist
• Maria Goeppert-Mayer , Nobel Prize in Physics 1963
• Paul Goodman , author
• Martha Graham , dancer and choreographer
• Allan Gurganus , writer
• Mark Helias , creative jazz double bass player
• Eva Kollisch , literary scholar and women researcher
• Jane Kramer , journalist and writer
• Eduardo Lago , Spanish writer and essayist, won the Premio Nadal in 2005
• Gerda Lerner , historian and feminist
• Grace Paley , writer and political activist
• Gilberto Perez , film historian
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt III , economist
• Theodore Roszak , sculptor
• Susan Sontag , writer, essayist, publicist and director
• William Schuman , composer
• Joel Sternfeld , photographer
• Marguerite Yourcenar , writer

Graduates

David Lindsay-Abaire , poet and playwright, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007 JJ Abrams , film and television producer, screenwriter, composer and director Jane Alexander , actress Janine Antoni , sculptor and artist Beatrice Arthur , actress and comedian Max Bemis , singer, songwriter and songwriter Yancy Butler , actress Jill Clayburgh , theater, film, and television actress Brian De Palma , film director Cary Elwes , actor Rahm Emanuel , former Chief of Staff under Barack Obama, Mayor of Chicago Robin Givens , actress Adam Goldberg , actor Lesley Gore , singer, songwriter and actress Noah Hawley , film and television producer, screenwriter, and writer Lauren Holly , actress Nancy Huston , French writer John Jasperse , choreographer and dancer Sue W. Kelly , Former Congressman Christian Kracht , Swiss writer and journalist

Julianna Margulies , actress Eric Mabius , actor Linda McCartney , photographer, musician and wife of Paul McCartney Susan Meiselas , photographer Meredith Monk , singer, composer, choreographer and performance artist Larisa Oleynik , film and stage actress Yoko Ono , Japanese-American artist, filmmaker, experimental music composer and singer Sam Robards , actor Jordan Peele , film actor, comedian, director and screenwriter Holly Robinson Peete , actress Elisabeth Röhm , actress Carly Simon , singer and songwriter Ben Stiller , actor Barbara Walters , journalist, writer, and television personality Vera Wang , fashion designer Sigourney Weaver , actress Joanne Woodward , actress Deborah Feldman , author

Web links

Commons : Sarah Lawrence College  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sarah Lawrence College: At a Glance (English). Accessed March 25, 2010
2. ↑ Sarah Lawrence College: Financial Statistics ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English). Accessed March 25, 2010 
3. ↑ dailymail.co.uk
4. ↑ therichest.org
5. ^ Policy on Student Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, and Sexual Assault. College Regulations on Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, and Sexual Assault, accessed September 6, 2014.

Coordinates: 40 ° 56 ′ 6.4 "  N , 73 ° 50 ′ 39.6"  W.