Tori Haring-Smith | |
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| President of Washington & Jefferson College | |
| In office 2005–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Brian C. Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | John C. Knapp |
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| Born | Chicago,Illinois |
| Spouse | Robert Haring-Smith |
| Children | Whitney Haring-Smith |
| Alma mater | Swarthmore College University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Profession | Writer |
Tori Haring-Smith is an American academic and the former president of Washington &Jefferson College.
Haring-Smith received a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College and doctoral and master's degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. As an undergraduate,she received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study abroad.
Haring-Smith was a professor of theatre and writing at Brown University for 16 years. During her time at Brown,she funded,established,and administered the Rose Writing Fellows Program,a cross-curricular writing and speaking initiative. She later served as chair of the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at the American University in Cairo.
She returned to the United States to serve as Executive Director of the Thomas J. Watson Foundation,and then served as Vice-President for Educational Affairs and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Willamette University in Salem,Oregon.
Haring-Smith was named as the 12th president of Washington &Jefferson College on October 17,2005. She is also the first woman to serve as president of the college. [1] During her tenure at Washington &Jefferson College,Haring-Smith began a policy of offering "Good Neighbor" scholarships to eligible students from the seven southwestern Pennsylvania counties closest to the college and twice visited the White House to discuss college affordability issues. [2] She also launched Washington &Jefferson's Magellan Project,which provides scholarships for students to pursue independent projects abroad during the summer. [3] [4] When Haring-Smith retired,the Magellan Project had spent $1 million to fund 500 student trips. [4] During her final year,the College was also recognized as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. [5]
Haring-Smith led a capital campaign that raised more than $100 million for Washington &Jefferson College to support students,faculty and update campus facilities. [2] The college also shifted to buying 50% of its energy from wind farms. [2]
As president of the college,Haring-Smith specifically criticized the U.S. News &World Report rankings system,noting that the "financial resources" portion of the rankings formula favors colleges that have higher tuition,even without providing any educational benefits,saying that this has harmed the college's ranking because it charged $5,000 to $7,000 less in tuition than its peer institutions. [6] She also questioned the "peer assessment" portion of the rankings and suggested that college presidents are rarely aware of educational improvements in their peer institutions;she noted that Washington &Jefferson College's ranking has remained the same for a number of years,even while the college made significant improvements in acceptance rates and overall selectivity,added academic programs,and constructed additional buildings. [6] Haring-Smith's criticism of the rankings spurred Bob Morse,the founder of the U.S. College Rankings system to respond to the criticisms directly in an article. [7] She signed the "Presidents Letter",a nationwide movement asking fellow college presidents to decline participation in the U.S. News &World Report reputation survey,a subjective evaluation where college administrators score their competition. [8]
She retired from Washington &Jefferson College on June 30,2017. [2]
Tori Haring-Smith is married to Robert H. Haring-Smith,and together they have one son,Whitney Haring-Smith. [9] Whitney and his wife,Abigail Seldin,cited Tori Haring-Smith as their inspiration for starting College Abacus,a company that provided financial aid estimates for prospective college students. [10]
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The relationship between the City of Washington,Pennsylvania,and Washington &Jefferson College spans over two centuries,dating to the founding of both the city and the college in the 1780s. The relationship between the town and college were strong enough that the citizens of Washington offered the college a $50,000 donation in 1869 in a successful attempt to lure the Washington &Jefferson College trustees to select Washington over nearby Canonsburg as the consolidated location of the college. The relationship was strained through the latter half of the 20th century,however,as the college pursued an expansion policy that clashed with the residential neighborhood. The college's frustrations grew after preservationists unsuccessfully attempted to pass laws prohibiting the college from demolishing certain buildings that were listed on the East Washington Historic District. Relations were so bad that residents and college officials engaged in a shouting match at a meeting. Local preservationists also unsuccessfully tried to block the demolition of Hays Hall,which had been condemned.
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