Goucher College: Goucher College Recognized In 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges

Press release from Goucher College:

September 13, 2021

Goucher College has been honored in multiple categories of the 2022 U.S. News & World
Report Best Colleges rankings, including being named one of the best National Liberal
Arts Colleges.

Goucher College

Goucher College has been honored in multiple categories of the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, including being named one of the Best National Liberal Arts
Colleges, one of the Most Innovative Liberal Arts Colleges, one of the Best Liberal
Arts Colleges for Undergraduate Teaching, and having one of the Top Academic Programs
to Look For: Study Abroad. Goucher was also recognized for Campus Ethnic Diversity
at a Liberal Arts College. 

“Being recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation underscores our continued
commitment to the liberal arts, student success and innovation, equity and inclusion,
and the importance of global education,” says Kent Devereaux, Goucher College president.
“These elements are woven into every aspect of a Goucher education and support our
graduates’ success after college. We are especially proud of our faculty for being
nationally recognized for the expertise, mentorship, and hands-on learning experiences
they provide to Goucher students.”

To continue its legacy as an innovative, national leader, Goucher recently launched
a new strategic plan concentrating on the college’s programs, people, and resources, with key elements
of the plan including enhancing student success, expanding global education, and emphasizing
inclusivity. 

In the 2020-21 academic year, Goucher hired six new tenure-track faculty members, bestowed tenure on six others, promoted four faculty members to full professor, converted seven more faculty from non-tenure-track to tenure-track or professor of practice
positions, and created two new endowed professorships.

“Our quality of undergraduate teaching here at Goucher is indeed superb in both our
general education and our majors, and we are delighted to have national recognition
of that fact,” says Elaine Meyer-Lee, Goucher College provost and senior vice president
for academic affairs. “Our professors employ innovative interactive techniques and
forward-looking curricula in the classroom to equip all our students to address the
complex problems facing our world, while also mentoring them into research opportunities
and real-world settings.”

Building on its history as one of the first liberal arts institutions to require all
its undergraduates to study abroad, Goucher has also expanded its scope of global
education. Last academic year, while studying abroad was limited due to the pandemic,
Goucher faculty and staff creatively built programs to keep students connected to
the world through global engagement seminars, virtual exchanges, and speaker series.  

In addition to these new U.S. News & World Report rankings, The Princeton Review also recently named Goucher College one of the nation’s
best institutions for undergraduates in the 2022 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 387 Colleges. Washington Monthly also included Goucher in its list of top 2021 Liberal Arts Colleges as well as Best
Colleges for Student Voting.

Goucher College has been honored in multiple categories of the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings, including being named one of the Best National Liberal Arts
Colleges, one of the Most Innovative Liberal Arts Colleges, one of the Best Liberal
Arts Colleges for Undergraduate Teaching, and having one of the Top Academic Programs
to Look For: Study Abroad. Goucher was also recognized for Campus Ethnic Diversity
at a Liberal Arts College. 

“Being recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation underscores our continued
commitment to the liberal arts, student success and innovation, equity and inclusion,
and the importance of global education,” says Kent Devereaux, Goucher College president.
“These elements are woven into every aspect of a Goucher education and support our
graduates’ success after college. We are especially proud of our faculty for being
nationally recognized for the expertise, mentorship, and hands-on learning experiences
they provide to Goucher students.”

To continue its legacy as an innovative, national leader, Goucher recently launched
a new strategic plan concentrating on the college’s programs, people, and resources, with key elements
of the plan including enhancing student success, expanding global education, and emphasizing
inclusivity. 

In the 2020-21 academic year, Goucher hired six new tenure-track faculty members, bestowed tenure on six others, promoted four faculty members to full professor, converted seven more faculty from non-tenure-track to tenure-track or professor of practice
positions, and created two new endowed professorships.

“Our quality of undergraduate teaching here at Goucher is indeed superb in both our
general education and our majors, and we are delighted to have national recognition
of that fact,” says Elaine Meyer-Lee, Goucher College provost and senior vice president
for academic affairs. “Our professors employ innovative interactive techniques and
forward-looking curricula in the classroom to equip all our students to address the
complex problems facing our world, while also mentoring them into research opportunities
and real-world settings.”

Building on its history as one of the first liberal arts institutions to require all
its undergraduates to study abroad, Goucher has also expanded its scope of global
education. Last academic year, while studying abroad was limited due to the pandemic,
Goucher faculty and staff creatively built programs to keep students connected to
the world through global engagement seminars, virtual exchanges, and speaker series.  

In addition to these new U.S. News & World Report rankings, The Princeton Review also recently named Goucher College one of the nation’s
best institutions for undergraduates in the 2022 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 387 Colleges. Washington Monthly also included Goucher in its list of top 2021 Liberal Arts Colleges as well as Best
Colleges for Student Voting.

This press release was produced by Goucher College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.