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Davidson College

Davidson College

Davidson College

Introduction

Davidson is a liberal arts college dedicated to cultivating humane instincts and disciplined creative minds.

As a college that welcomes students, faculty, and staff from a variety of nationalities, ethnic groups, and traditions, Davidson values every kind of diversity, recognizing the dignity and worth of every person while providing a range of opportunities for worship, civil debate, and teaching that enrich mind and spirit. Davidson challenges students to engage in service to prepare themselves for lives of growth and giving.

At Davidson, the college's history energizes campus life through traditions that connect current students with the college's rich heritage.

The primary purpose of Davidson College is to assist students in developing humane instincts and disciplined and creative minds for lives of leadership and service. In fulfilling its purpose, Davidson has chosen to be a liberal arts college, to maintain itself as a residential community of scholars, to emphasize the teaching responsibility of all professors, and to ensure the opportunity for personal relationships between students and teachers. Further, Davidson believes it is vital that all students in every class know and study under mature and scholarly teachers who can and eager to provide for each of them stimulation, instruction, and guidance.

As a liberal arts college, Davidson emphasizes those studies, disciplines that are mentally, spiritually and physically liberating activities. Thus, the college concentrates upon studying history, literature and languages, philosophy and religion, music, drama and the visual arts, the natural and social sciences, and mathematics. The college encourages student engagement with other cultures through domestic and international studies. The college also requires physical education, provides for competitive athletics, and encourages various social, cultural, and service activities.

Davidson College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate degrees.

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  • Davidson

    North Main Street,405, 28035, Davidson

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