Interview 275: Grace Robertson-Lloyd – Understanding Grinnell College

• Grace talks about her experience as a student at Grinnell College
• Grace talks about the Open Curriculum at Grinnell, and she explains why it is more appropriately understood not only as an Open Curriculum but also as an individually advised curriculum
• Grace explains the benefits of an Open curriculum, and she explains how, even amongst the few schools that have an open curriculum, there is a lot of variation in how they implement it at their school
• Grace explains what she would do to make Grinnell a better place
• Grace tells us what things that she didn’t know about Grinnell until she arrived there
• Grace tells us the things that, if she were a college counsel or, would indicate to her that a student could be a great candidate for Grinnell College
• Grace talks about some distinctive programs that Grinnell offers
• Grace talks about how the Grinnell endowment enhances the student experience
• I share approximately 10 perceptions I have of Grinnell that I have formulated over the years, and Grace comments on each of my perceptions; this covers the rest of this segment, and it also forms the lion’s share of what we cover in the final part next Thursday
• I continue by sharing perceptions I have of Grinnell, and Grace gives her amplification and clarification of my perceptions
• Grace tells us whether Grinnell uses demonstrated interest in their evaluation
• We close by having Grace go on the hot seat in our lightning round

You can also listen on Episode 623, Episode 625, and Episode 627