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St. John's in the News

As a top liberal arts college, St. John’s often appears in local, national, and international media. Below is a sampling of the press coverage featuring St. John’s.

Attention, college shoppers. These schools are slashing their prices. –The Washington Post

The Most Contrarian College in America –The New York Times

St. John’s is the “most forward-thinking, future-proof college in America.” –Quartz

Amid student debt crisis, many colleges are making big cuts to tuition –WMAR

Private Colleges Turn To Tuition Slashing To Stay Alive In Crowded Market –WBUR's "On Point"

As college costs keep rising, some schools slash tuition –CBS News

Experimental colleges once were the future. Now, what is their future? –The Boston Globe

Learning to Argue –The Weekly Standard

St. John’s College sees spike in donations since tuition decrease —The Capital Gazette

College Sees Spike In Donations Since Announcing Tuition Cut —CBS Baltimore

Debt and Demographics: How Are Donors Navigating a Changing Higher Ed Landscape? —Inside Philanthropy

This Md. College Is Cutting Tuition by $17K. Here’s Why —NBC Washington

The Public is Losing Confidence in Higher Ed—Here’s Why –The Hill

“Redefining the Financial Model.” A College Goes All-in On Philanthropy to Reduce Tuition –Inside Philanthropy

Can the Humanities Survive in the Modern University? –ABC RN

One of the oldest colleges in the US just cut tuition by 33%—here’s why –CNBC

Are college tuition resets catching on? –Forbes

Bucking the ‘prestige pricing’ trend –Inside HigherEd

Amherst and St. John’s College Receive $50 Million Apiece –The Chronicle of Philanthropy

St. John’s College slashes tuition by $17,000, launches $300M capital campaign –Baltimore Business Journal

Small private college abandons ‘prestige’ tuition pricing –Associated Press

St. John’s College announces plan to lower tuition by $17,000 a year –The Capital

St. John’s slashing tuition with new ‘philanthropy centered’ plan –Albuquerque Journal

St. John’s College plans major tuition decrease –Santa Fe New Mexican

St. John’s College president Pano Kanelos talks about importance of civil discourse among students –The Hill

St. John’s College’s Summer Classics Seminars Offers Unique Learning Opportunity –PBS / KNME

‘The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever’ Featuring Lewis Lapham –NPR

How to Leave a Mark on People –The New York Times

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Nov 14, 2018, 1:55 PM

Juditha Ohlmacher (SF94) played an integral role in establishing the first liberal arts university in Bangladesh. Now, she's a LEGO builder. Her St. John's education, she says, helped with both.