Sweet Briar Resets Core Curriculum And Drops Tuition And Board Fees By 32 Percent

9/7/17

Sweet Briar College announced Wednesday that it is reinventing the traditional organizational model for a liberal arts education. Beginning in the 2018-19 academic year, the private, women’s college plans to reset its annual cost of tuition, room, board and fees to $34,000 — a 32 percent drop compared to this year’s total price of $50,055 — and offer a more flexible curriculum.

The changes, already approved by the college's board of directors, come not quite four months into the tenure of new college President Meredith Woo. Woo, who took over the reins at Sweet Briar in May, has said her overarching goal was to make Sweet Briar a relevant model for the 21st century. The 116-year-old college nearly closed in 2015 due to finanial challenges and dropping enrollment, but was saved when alumni and other friends of the institution donated money and went to court to keep the college open.

In addition to the drop in tuition — designed to make the college more affordable to middle-class families — are curricular changes. Instead of traditional departments, faculty and majors will be clustered around three centers of excellence: Engineering, Science and Technology in Society, Human and Environmental Sustainability, and Creativity, Design and the Arts.

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