Skidmore College is a private liberal arts college with a diverse student body of 2,665 from 46 states and 62 countries, with a faculty of 327 teacher-scholars, an average class size of 16, and a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1. Skidmore offers 44 majors in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences, as well as in career-specific fields such as business, education, exercise science, and social work. The College seeks to prepare liberally educated graduates to continue their quest for knowledge and to make the choices required of informed, responsible citizens. Skidmore faculty and staff create a challenging yet supportive environment that cultivates students’ intellectual and personal excellence, encouraging them to expand their expectations of themselves while they enrich their academic understanding. In keeping with the College’s founding principle of linking the theoretical with applied learning, the Skidmore curriculum balances a commitment to the liberal arts and sciences with preparation for professions, careers, and community leadership. Education in the classroom, laboratory, and studio is enhanced by broad co-curricular and field experience opportunities of broad scope.
For several years, the Dyson Foundation has awarded grants to Skidmore for scholarships and for its SEE-Beyond Awards program. Scholarship funds support students from Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, and Ulster counties with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and demonstrated financial need. Skidmore’s SEE-Beyond Awards invite students to explore and apply their academic-year learning to real-world challenges and to clarify the interrelationship between their educational and post-baccalaureate goals by providing stipends for summer internships.