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College admission trends and the impact on independent schools
On Monday, October 13, Severn organized and hosted a meeting between Deans of Admission from Harvard, Princeton, United States Naval Academy, University of Virginia, Yale, and Heads of Schools and Trustees from 20 Independent Schools in the Maryland and Washington, DC, metropolitan area. It proved to be a very constructive conversation and laid the groundwork for future collaboration.
On Monday, October 13, Severn organized and hosted a meeting between Deans of Admission from Harvard, Princeton, United States Naval Academy, University of Virginia, Yale, and Heads of Schools and Trustees from 20 Independent Schools in the Maryland and Washington, DC, metropolitan area. It proved to be a very constructive conversation and laid the groundwork for future collaboration. The goal of this first-ever meeting was fourfold:
Special thanks go to Angela Cyrus, who, through her work as a Distinguished Visiting Faculty member of the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions, helped secure the Deans of Admissions for the meeting.
The three-hour conversation proved to be a win/win for all involved. The Deans shared their thoughts and expertise about an array of issues and Heads and Trustees gain invaluable insight into the current and future landscape of higher education.
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- To foster among our respective constituencies, broader understanding of ever emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities facing our nation’s secondary and higher learning institutions
- To gain the perspectives of the Deans on the roles that we in the independent school communities can play in educating and preparing our next generation of leaders, to discuss what they may need from us and what messages they would want us to send to our communities
- To see if there are ways to partner together to ensure our students, and all students, are prepared to succeed, beyond academics, at top universities and more importantly, amidst an employment landscape that is globally connected, knowledge-based, and vastly diverse
- To discuss additional topics such as the recently announced Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, the push / pull between “Utility U” which is concerned with the value (the ROI) of a college education vs. that of “Utopia U” which is concerned with values and fostering a stance or habits of mind, and declining student resilience and the impact on mental health and how that plays out at schools and on college campuses.
Special thanks go to Angela Cyrus, who, through her work as a Distinguished Visiting Faculty member of the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions, helped secure the Deans of Admissions for the meeting.
The three-hour conversation proved to be a win/win for all involved. The Deans shared their thoughts and expertise about an array of issues and Heads and Trustees gain invaluable insight into the current and future landscape of higher education.
