Publications
A Guide to the Discourse About Liberal Education
Some of our observations on the discursive categories we've identified.
The General Education Committee: A Game
A whimsical exploration of how general education requirements get shaped in faculty deliberations.
Twelve Meanings of Liberal Arts
Definitions of Liberal Arts (and some tags to go with them), as seen in public culture and institutional discourse.
We’ve gone from twenty majors a few years ago to eight. I am really worried. Is this normal?
Don't panic. Yet.
My colleagues told me that Engineering isn’t “liberal arts”…
Are They Right?
What We Talked About When We Talked About Talking
When the Aydelotte started, we wanted to know: do faculty here still want to talk with each other across departmental and disciplinary lines about our intellectual work, our scholarship, our ideas?
Programs + Projects
Courses
Courses and the curriculum as a whole are at the heart of the Aydelotte Foundation’s mission.
Faculty Research Seminars
AF workshops aim to develop skills and techniques and to enrich our capacity for collaborative inquiry.
Aydelotte Consultancy
We are exploring the creation of a consultancy practice that will draw upon the institutional knowledge and insight of experienced faculty across academia.
Public Writing
The Aydelotte Foundation was charged at its creation with encouraging faculty and administrators to enter more vigorously and creatively into public conversations about liberal arts education and its future.
Active Research Projects
Read updates on our research interests, including open questions and difficult problems that we are grappling with.
AF Second Tuesday Cafe
All faculty and staff are invited to come together for a light lunch and some learning. Talks are aimed at a general audience and include plenty of time for Q&A.
News
Engineer Matt Zucker on framing undergraduate robotics education in a liberal arts context.
Events
There are currently no upcoming events.
We're looking for a new Associate Director! https://careers.swarthmore.edu/cw/en-us/job/494225/associate-director-the-aydelotte-foundation
And we have a new web platform!
https://aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/
Neuroscientist Adele Diamond ’74, African American cultural historian Saidiya Hartman, and film producer David T. Linde ’82 will all receive honorary degrees at Swarthmore's 148th Commencement on May 24!
https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/neuroscientist-cultural-historian-and-film-producer-named-2020-honorary-degree
