Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. With small classes, an open curriculum, and a sole focus on undergraduate education, the average class size is about 19 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two former Amherst College students filed federal complaints against the prestigious private college this week, alleging that administrators trivialized their sexual assault reports and worked to ...

Amherst College announced today that it is ending its practice of giving admissions preference to legacies - the children of the college’s alumni. In addition to scrapping the policy, Amherst ...

Amherst's unofficial mascot, "Lord Jeff," as seen at a game at Williams College's Weston Field in Williamstown, Mass., in 2011. Courtesy of Robert Howard hide caption ...

AMHERST-- An Amherst College professor has resigned from the faculty after colleagues discovered examples of plagiarism in her published research. Carleen Basler, an assistant professor of ...

Amherst College will contribute $2.5 million to the town of Amherst over the next three years to support local schools, emergency services, and infrastructure. Skip to main content.

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 ...