The Inaugural Year

Sarah Lawrence College has a history of confronting difficult issues that challenge our society as a whole. John Dewey’s landmark book from 1916,Democracy and Education, serves as our catalyst to ask, through a series of yearlong events,What does “democracy and education” mean in 2017?

在就职一年将探索事件the theme "Democracy and Education" from a variety of vantage points, helping us gain a greater understanding of Sarah Lawrence’s past and present as we chart its future and, along with it, the future of American higher education.

Dr. Cristle Collins Judd was inaugurated as the 11^thpresident of Sarah Lawrence College on Friday, October 6, 2017.

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The inaugural symposium—held on Friday, October 6, 2017—kicked off a yearlong series of events engaging the inaugural theme, Democracy and Education.

Dr. Cristle Collins Judd is Sarah Lawrence College's 11^thpresident. An award-winning teacher and scholar, an experienced administrator, and an accomplished leader, she is poised to lead Sarah Lawrence—and higher education—into the future.