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New York, NY (December 13) – The Teagle Foundation today announced approximately $1.4 million in grants for projects at six colleges and universities and a consortia of three higher education associations intended to promote and strengthen liberal education. It also includes funding for hurricane recovery efforts at Dillard University and Tulane University in New Orleans. These grants bring Teagle’s grant making total to just over $4 million in the past year.

“Liberal education should provide students with the intellectual tools they need as they struggle with life’s big questions about themselves, their morals and values and their place in society,” said W. Robert Connor, president of the Teagle Foundation. “We hope the ideas that emerge from these projects will help strengthen liberal education not only on these campuses but at other institutions as well, so that all students in the liberal arts get the help they need in answering these big questions.”

$500,000 will fund five projects to generate fresh thinking about how to strengthen liberal education. These projects are part of Teagle’s Working Groups in Liberal Education program and are a result of a Request for Proposals that the Foundation issued earlier this year. This round of Teagle Working Groups grants includes:

Calvin College -- $99,340 over 19 months
“Strengthening Liberal Arts Education by Embracing Place and Particularity”

College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University -- $91,657 over 18 months
“Controversial Conversations: Gender Dialogue in a Faith-Based Liberal Arts College”

Lawrence University -- $100,000 over 20 months
“A Study of the Lawrence Fellows in Liberal Arts and Sciences”

Mount Holyoke College -- $100,000 over 20 months
“Expanding Learning Abroad/Opportunities for All Students”

Wheaton College (MA) --$99,500 over 20 months “Expanding Quantitative Analysis as a Framework for Interdisciplinary Learning and Applied Problem Solving”

A further grant of $300,000 will support a major assessment of study abroad programs affirms Teagle’s commitment to continuing its work in the area of value added assessment:

Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Associated Colleges of the South, Great Lakes College Association -- $300,000 over 24 months “Liberal Education and Study Abroad: Assessing Learning Outcomes to Improve Program Quality.”

As previously announced, this round of Teagle Foundation grants also includes $500,000 to Dillard University and $100,000 for Tulane University to support efforts to recover from damage caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Please visit www.teaglefoundation.org for detailed descriptions of Teagle’s grants and for more information on the Foundation and its programs.

About the Teagle Foundation

The Teagle Foundation is committed to providing intellectual and financial leadership for the promotion and strengthening of liberal education.

Contact Person:

Donna Heiland
Vice President
212-373-1970