The Phoenix

In the latest development in a lawsuit brought against the college by transgender athlete and alumna Evie Parts ’25, Swarthmore has asked a federal judge to dismiss the case on grounds of legal precedent. The college cited the recent U.S. Supreme Court

At a faculty meeting on Friday, Sept. 25, a slight majority of the roughly 60 faculty in attendance voted on a set of revisions to the college’s guidelines for allocating faculty positions. These changes included the removal of a set of questions regarding diversity posed to departments and programs seeking new tenure lines, as well as the addition of a set of questions regar...

This fall, Swarthmore’s cohort of incoming transfer students includes the largest number of former community college attendees in the college’s history. Composing twelve of the 24 transfers for the current academic year, students who transferred from community colleges make up 50% of the new additions to the classes of ’28 and ’29.

The growing number aligns with a ...

I first met Brett last September, and, throughout the fall, we bonded over the slow demise of the Eagles’ season. I had finally managed to corral the TV in DCC 150 into submission, and the first game of the Eagles’ season was now projected onto the screen, albeit already a few minutes into the first quarter. I had planned a watch party with a few friends and, earlier that wee...

As part of our regular Opinions series, “Office Hours,” we feature a range of perspectives from Swarthmore faculty on topics relevant to the Swarthmore academic community and higher education in general. We gather responses by reaching out to the entire Swarthmore faculty over email, and each contribution is edited for clarity and syntax only. In our eighth edition of this co...