Wheaton College: President.(Career Connections)

Norton, Massachusetts

The Trustees of Wheaton College invite nominations and expressions of interest for the position of President. Founded as a seminary for women in 1835 and chartered as a women's college in 1912, Wheaton College is today a selective, coeducational, residential liberal arts college of 1500 students, located in Norton, Massachusetts, on a beautiful 140-acre campus 35 miles south of Boston.

Wheaton's modern identity grows from its history. The progressive spirit that led the institution to offer serious academic study to young women at a time when their educational options were few is now reflected in the College's distinctive commitment to a gender-balanced curriculum and faculty, to multicultural and experiential learning, and to a global perspective. A faculty dedicated to student transformation has given an intensely personal meaning to teaching at Wheaton, and the high value placed on collaborative work and learning at the College has created an unusually collegial culture.

In recent years, Wheaton has shown success in virtually every indicator of strength. Applications for admission have more than doubled. Selectivity and quality of the student body have strengthened dramatically. In just over a decade, Wheaton students have won more than 35 prestigious national scholarships for their academic accomplishments. Wheaton increasingly competes successfully in faculty recruitment and has improved its student faculty ratio from 14:1 to 12:1. In its fundraising, the Campaign for Wheaton raised over $90 million, far surpassing its $65 million goal. This fall, the College will launch the second full curriculum reform in fifteen years with an innovative and uniquely Wheaton curriculum that emphasizes the connections within and among academic disciplines, and increasingly makes students inventors of their own course of study.

The overarching challenge for the new President is to lead Wheaton to decisive advances in the fulfillment of its purpose and potential. Specifically, the central ...