AMHERST — Set against the foliage-draped hills of the Holyoke Range, Michael A. Elliott was inaugurated as the 20th president of Amherst College in an outdoor ceremony Friday afternoon.

AMHERST, Mass. — Amherst College will no longer give admissions preference to the children of alumni, the school announced Wednesday, ending a practice that has been criticized for giving an ...

* Per the 2022-2023 final release data in IPEDS ‡ The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst ...

AMHERST — Amherst College has ordered 20 tents as a contingency plan to hold fall semester classes outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic — if students return to campus, President Biddy Martin ...

most audacious building ever conceived at Amherst College, a terraced glass-and-steel science center nestled into a hill, designed by a celebrated architect. But now, it is a $19 million mistake ...

The Five College Interchange allows UMass students to enroll in classes at nearby small liberal arts schools like Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges. Students are also ...

Most of the nation’s elite colleges and universities fall short of a benchmark that Amherst College surpassed five years ago: More than one-fifth of its students come from families poor enough ...

This week Amherst College announced that it was ending the use of legacy preferences in its admissions process. Its president, Biddy Martin, acknowledged that providing an advantage to applicants ...

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,795 students in the ...

Amherst College is a small, private liberal arts college based in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is highly selective, and frequently ranks well among liberal arts colleges in the US. It was founded in ...