The Annapolis Group (officially, the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges) is an American organization of independent
liberal arts college
A liberal arts college or liberal arts institution of higher education is a college with an emphasis on Undergraduate education, undergraduate study in the Liberal arts education, liberal arts of humanities and science. Such colleges aim to impart ...
s. It represents approximately 130
liberal arts colleges in the United States. These colleges work together to promote a greater understanding of the goals of a
liberal arts education
Liberal arts education () is a traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term '' art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the fine arts. ''Liberal arts education'' can refer to s ...
through their websites, as well as through independent research. Its current
chair
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is Jonathan Green of
Susquehanna University.
Background
The Annapolis Group was first organized in early 1993 in
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the county seat of Anne Arundel County and its only incorporated city. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east ...
. Its original members included and expanded upon the
Oberlin Group
The Oberlin Group of Libraries is a consortium of American liberal arts colleges, led by a board elected from its members' libraries' directors. The group evolved from meetings of college presidents in 1985 and 1986 at Oberlin College. , it has 8 ...
which was first organized in 1984. The Annapolis Group was created by the presidents of
Franklin & Marshall College,
Gettysburg College, and
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1773 as Carlisle Grammar School, Dickinson was chartered on September 9, 1783, ...
.
The group is made up of
private colleges and universities, many of which have current or historic ties to
mainline Protestant
The mainline Protestants (sometimes also known as oldline Protestants) are a group of Protestantism in the United States, Protestant denominations in the United States and Protestantism in Canada, Canada largely of the Liberal Christianity, theolo ...
denominations or to
Catholic religious orders.
Member institutions
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College and university associations and consortia in the United States
Liberal arts colleges in the United States
Charities based in Maryland