Eastern Connecticut State University - Makes top 100 Regional Universities

"From article in 2010 Student Horizons, Inc.

A Liberal Education. Practically Applied.

One of the elements of the engaged learning model advocated by the National Survey of Student Engagement and the Association of American Colleges and Universities is experiential learning opportunities such as internships and other hands-on experiences. Eastern Connecticut State University’s new admissions tag-line, “A Liberal Education. Practically Applied.”, recognizes the role that practical, hands-on experiences play in Eastern’s liberal arts curriculum.  

In the past, many Eastern graduates have had some form of practical experience — internships, student teaching, and other out-of-class experiences — but those opportunities have often been left up to the student to discover and implement.  

Commencing with the graduating class of 2014, an applied experience is now a graduation requirement for all students at Eastern Connecticut State University.  Experiences that will fulfill the requirement include internships, cooperative education placements, service learning and undergraduate research.  

Quote by ElsaM Nunez, President, Eastern Connecticut State University:

The progress we are making to become a premier public liberal arts university is not going unnoticed. This past August, we were informed that Eastern had made the list of the top 100 regional universities in the North by U.S. News and World Report.  We were the 28th public institution on the list.  Our university was also included on President Obama’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll and the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of “Great Colleges to Work For,” both for the second year in a row. The Princeton Review also included Eastern on its list of 287 “Green Colleges” in the United States.