Alverno College Fall 2011
Alverno College is a Roman Catholic, four-year, independent, liberal arts college, historically and still primarily a women's college located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
History [edit]
Chartered in 1887 as St. Joseph's Normal School, Alverno became Alverno Teachers College in 1936. It adopted its current name in 1946.[3]
Educational programs [edit]
Alverno offers weekday and weekend undergraduate programs, as well as a coeducational Master of Arts program for teachers and business professionals, the Alverno MBA, and a Master of Science in nursing. The Weekend College was opened in 1977 as the first alternative time-frame program in Milwaukee to serve working women in the Milwaukee area. It is still primarily a women's college. The baccalaureate degree programs, residences, etc. are still open only to women; graduate degree programs are open to both women and men. Alverno has a student-centered approach to education, relying on lengthy and highly personalized performance assessment systems that provide feedback for students to use as they learn and develop. The school offers ability-based education focusing on eight areas of development: communication, analysis, problem solving, valuing, social interaction, developing a global perspective, effective citizenship, and aesthetic response.
Rankings [edit]
This institution has outpaced colleges and universities on the National Survey of Student Engagement, a survey of students nationwide to determine whether they are actively and progressively engaged in their studies. Alverno College is ranked in the top tier of US News & World Report's America's Best Colleges, and in 5 of 8 national categories in their Programs that Work section.[citation needed] Alverno College was awarded the MacArthur Foundation's "Genius Award" in the 1990s,[citation needed] and continues to attract national attention for its work on learning outcomes and accountability of higher education.
Athletics [edit]
Alverno College teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Inferno are a member of the Northern Athletics Conference (NAC). Alverno was also a member of the Lake Michigan Conference until the spring of 2006. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.
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