Must Read List

Research

Aug. 30, 2006 - Summary of Spring 2006 Market Research Results

Dec. 16, 2005 - Summary of 2004-2005 Market Research Results

Presidential Communications

Letter to Parents and Families from President Worden, Dean Coulter and Dean Swager (updated Sept. 14, 2006)

Editorial by President Ginger Worden in the Lynchburg News & Advance (updated Aug. 21, 2006)

Letter to Alumnae From President Ginger Worden (updated Aug. 14, 2006)

Feb. 7, 2006 - 2005 President's Report

Dec. 7, 2005 - President Kathleen Bowman's Winter Wonderland Weekend Remarks to Alumnae

Nov. 16, 2005 - President Kathleen Bowman's Statement on Strategic Planning and Market Research

Feb. 14, 2005 - 2004 President's Report

Board Communications

Sept. 1, 2006 - Letter from Jolley Bruce Christman ’69, President, The R-MWC Board of Trustees

Nov. 5, 2005 - Update from Jolley Bruce Christman ’69, President, The R-MWC Board of Trustees

Oct. 24, 2005 - Update from Jolley Bruce Christman ’69, President, The R-MWC Board of Trustees

Other Communications

March 16, 2007 - Letter to the members of Preserve Educational Choice (PEC) from the Faculty

February 9, 2007 - Letter to the R-MWC Community from former presidents William F. Quillian, Jr., Robert A. Spivey, and Linda K. Lorimer

August 22, 2006 - Dean of the College William Coulter addresses R-MWC academics and coeducation in welcome to Class of 2010

Articles of Interest

"A Strong Fiscal Foundation"
by Chris Burnley, 2004 Randolph-Macon Woman's College President's Report, p. 22-25.

"The Threats to Liberal Arts Colleges"
by Paul Neely, Daedalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 128, No. 1.

"Aid Lets Small Colleges Ask, Why Pay Ivy Retail?"
by Alan Finder, New York Times, January 1, 2006.

"A Discordant Melody of Sameness"
by William J. Carroll, Trusteeship, March/April 2003.
(Copyright 2003, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.)

"The American College as the Place for Liberal Learning"
by Eva T. H. Brann, Daedalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 128, No. 1.

"Putting Liberal Education on the Radar Screen"
by Carol Geary Schneider and Debra Humphries, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 23, 2005.

"On Strategy: The Times They Are A Changin'"
Notes from a presentation by strategist George Kellor, taken by Robert A. Sevier and Deb Snyder at the November 2003 AMA Higher Education Conference. Stamats QuickTakes, Vol. 7, No. 5.

"The Truth Behind Research"
by Barbara O'Malley, Stamats QuickTakes, Vol. 7, No. 5.

"Higher Ed, Inc."
by James B. Twitchell, The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2004, Vol. 28, Issue 3.

"Women's Colleges in Co-Ed Pressure Cooker"
by Brooke Linville, Women's eNews, May 18, 2005.