<p>I thought zapfino’s comments on the other links were incredibly insightful. Note, too, that among LACs, Grinnell has one of the highest percentages of students from other countries on its campus.</p>
<p>I think that the “centers” and “programs” noted in posts above are designed to supplement regular course offerings and coordinate resources so that the school brings in outsiders to campus for speaking engagements, symposia, and short-term teaching engagements and to provide hands-on opportunities for students through internships, etc. They are not curriculum centers per se, as the actual academic departments would be.</p>