The Quaker Consortium is an arrangement among three
liberal arts college
A liberal arts college or liberal arts institution of higher education is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in liberal arts and sciences. Such colleges aim to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capac ...
s,
Bryn Mawr College,
Haverford College
Haverford College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), began accepting non-Quakers in 1849, and became coeducational ...
, and
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...
, and one
research university, the
University of Pennsylvania, all located in the greater
Philadelphia area. The arrangement allows for their students to enroll in courses at the other schools of the Consortium.
The name stems from the historic influence of
Quakers in the Philadelphia region and in the founding and administration of the Consortium's member schools.
The three liberal arts colleges, members of the
Tri-College Consortium The Tri-College Consortium (also known as the Tri-Co) is a collaboration among three private liberal arts colleges in the Philadelphia suburbs: Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College. The consortium allows students to cross ...
, facilitate transportation among their respective campuses with free shuttle services. No such service is offered between the liberal arts colleges and Penn. Students wishing to get to Penn must drive or take the
SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line or
Media/Wawa Line trains to Philadelphia. Haverford and Bryn Mawr students can also take the
Norristown High Speed Line to
69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby where they transfer to SEPTA's
Market–Frankford Line to reach Penn. Some programs at the liberal arts colleges subsidize these SEPTA fares.
Historically, students from the three liberal arts colleges have taken advantage of the consortium (for Penn's vast curricular offerings) much more frequently than Penn undergraduates. In 2006, for example, around 150 Bryn Mawr College students took classes at Penn, while only 5 Penn students took classes at the three liberal arts colleges.
The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Sebastien Angel , Capitalizing on the consortium
Thedp.com (2006-09-06). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
File:Erdman Bryn Mawr.JPG,
File:Cherry Trees around Haverford College Founders Hall.jpg,
File:UPenn Quad.jpg,
File:Swarthmore Parrish Hall.jpg,
External links
Information on Quaker Consortium for Penn studentsInformation on "Tri-Co" transportationShared course directory for Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and SwarthmoreCourse directory for Penn
References
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Quaker universities and colleges