Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is an American private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut.
Founded in 1911 as a sister school to Wesleyan University, the college became coeducational in 1969. It is located on the Thames River, and overlooking the Long Island Sound on the highest point in New London. It is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference and is considered to be among what are known as t...
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Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is an American private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut.
Founded in 1911 as a sister school to Wesleyan University, the college became coeducational in 1969. It is located on the Thames River, and overlooking the Long Island Sound on the highest point in New London. It is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference and is considered to be among what are known as the "Little Ivies."
Connecticut College is in the midst of a major fundraising and building campaign. Over the past three years the college has renovated many of its older dormitories, completed numerous classroom renovations, and constructed a new fitness center. The college is in the final planning stages of a new life science and computer science center, an international commons, and is continuing to renovate the remainder of its older dormitories and classroom spaces.
Connecticut College's fourth strategic plan (2004) introduced the College...
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