{{Short description|Private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland, US}} {{redirect|Goucher}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{good article}} {{Infobox university | name = Goucher College | image = Goucher College Seal.svg | image_upright = .6 | motto = ''Gratia et Veritas'' (Latin) | motto_lang = la | mottoeng = Grace and Truth | established = {{start date and age|1885}} | type = Private liberal arts college | endowment = $292.7 million (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2024 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2024 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY23 to FY24, and FY24 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 12, 2025 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=February 12, 2025 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212074654/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2024-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-for-US-and-Canadian-Institutions-FINAL-Feb-12-2025.xlsx |archive-date=February 12, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> | president = Kent Devereaux | city = Towson, Maryland | country = United States | students = | undergrad = 1,100<ref name=Facts>{{cite web |url=https://www.goucher.edu/explore/facts-and-stats/ |title=Facts & Stats |publisher=Goucher College |access-date=September 30, 2019 }}</ref> | postgrad = 900<ref name=Facts/> | faculty = 203<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=162654 |title=Goucher College |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |date=2019 |access-date=February 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301213250/http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=162654 |archive-date=2016-03-01 |url-status=live }}</ref> | mascot = Rowdy | nickname = Gophers | colors = Blue and gold {{color box|#00214C}} {{color box|#E7D565}} | website = {{URL|Goucher.edu}} | campus = Suburban, {{convert|287|acre|ha}}<ref name=Facts/> | logo = Goucher College Wordmark.svg | logo_upright = .8 | sporting_affiliations = NCAA Division III – Landmark Conference | academic_affiliation = NAICU<br />CIC<br>AG | former_name = Women's College of Baltimore (1885–1910) }} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Goucher College | nrhp_type = hd | image = Goucher College Haebler Memorial Chapel.jpg | caption = Facade of the non-denominational Haebler Memorial Chapel at the center of Goucher's campus | location = 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, Maryland | coordinates = {{coord|39|24|28|N|76|35|32|W|region:US_type:edu|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Maryland#USA | area = {{convert|287|acre}} | built = 1921 | architect = Moore & Hutchins; Sasaki, Hideo, et al. | architecture = Modern Movement | added = August 28, 2007 | refnum = 07000885<ref name="NRIS">{{NRISref |refnum=07000885|2009a}}</ref> | nocat = yes }} '''Goucher College''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-US-Goucher.ogg|ˈ|g|aʊ|tʃ|ə|r}} ''{{respell|GOW|chər}}'') is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1885 as a nonsectarian women's college in Baltimore's central district, the college is named for pastor and missionary John F. Goucher, who enlisted local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church to establish the school's charter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Goucher College |url=https://www.goucher.edu/explore/who-we-are/history/index.html |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref> Goucher relocated to its Towson campus in 1953, and became coeducational in 1986, after 101 years as a women's college.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Musser |first=Frederic O. |title=The History of Goucher College, 1930–1985 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |year=1990 |isbn=0-8018-3902-5 |location=Baltimore |page=70}}</ref>
Goucher grants BA and BS degrees in a range of disciplines across 31 majors and 39 minors. Goucher is one of only two colleges in the United States to integrate a study abroad experience into its undergraduate curriculum requirements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Study Abroad Programs |url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/study-abroad/programs/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref> Goucher is a member of the Landmark Conference and competes in the NCAA's Division III in lacrosse, tennis, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and horseback riding. It also offers a postbaccalaureate premedical program, master's programs in the arts and humanities, and professional development courses in writing and education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professional Development Certificate |url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/graduate-programs-in-education/master-of-education/professional-certificates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030605/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/graduate-programs-in-education/master-of-education/professional-certificates/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |access-date=2018-06-30 |publisher=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Post-Baccalaureate Premed Program |url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/post-baccalaureate-premed-program/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701030542/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/post-baccalaureate-premed-program/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |access-date=2018-06-30 |publisher=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2023||df=US}}, Goucher enrolls approximately 1,100 undergraduates and 900 post-graduates.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=Majors, Minors & Programs |url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/undergraduate-programs/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Goucher College}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2023-08-08 |title=Facts and Stats |url=https://www.goucher.edu/explore/facts-and-stats/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Goucher College}}</ref>
Goucher counts notable alumni in law, business, journalism, academia, poetry, and government, including ''New York Times'' journalist Erica L. Green, conservative journalist Jonah Goldberg, former First Lady of Puerto Rico Lucé Vela, Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander of the District Court for the District of Maryland, poets Ellen Bass and Edgar Kunz, 27th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Sally Brice-O'Hara, former president of First Republic Bank Katherine August-DeWilde, and the third president of California State University, San Marcos, Karen S. Haynes.
==History== {{See also|List of Goucher College people#Presidents}}
Early in its history, Goucher played an important role nationally in providing women access to higher education. Many ground-breaking women doctors, researchers, and scientists graduated from Goucher in the early 20th century, including Hattie Alexander, Florence B. Seibert, and Margaret Irving Handy. Judge Sarah T. Hughes of Texas, who was famously photographed administering the presidential oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One, graduated from Goucher in 1917. A daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre, also graduated Goucher and went on to play a significant role in the women's suffrage movement.
=== 19th century === [[File:John Goucher.jpg|alt=|left|thumb|upright|The college was renamed to "Goucher College" in 1913. The college's namesake, John F. Goucher, served as its second president.]] In 1881, the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church passed a resolution to found a seminary. The proposal was met with some objection, with one member stating, "I would not give a fig for a weakling little thing of a seminary. We want such a school, so ample in its provisions, of such dignity in its buildings, so fully provided with the best apparatus, that it shall draw to itself the eyes of the community and that young people shall feel it an honor to be enrolled among its students."<ref name=":7" /> Minister and conference member John B. Van Meter asserted "that the Conference [should] make the foundation and endowment of a female college the single object of its organized effort."<ref name=":7" />
Van Meter was joined by fellow minister John Franklin Goucher (1845–1922) and together they eventually persuaded the conference to found a college, instead.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Knipp |first=Anna Heubeck |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofgoucher00knip |title=The history of Goucher College |last2=Thomas |first2=Thaddeus P. (Thaddeus Peter) |date=1938 |publisher=Baltimore, Md., Goucher College |others=Goucher College}}</ref> Subsequently, the '''Women's College of Baltimore City''' ("City" was later dropped) was chartered on January 26, 1885. It opened its doors in 1888, and four years later graduated its first class of just five students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/explore/who-we-are/history/timeline|title=Timeline |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142407/https://www.goucher.edu/explore/who-we-are/history/timeline|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref>
John F. Goucher, despite being the school's namesake and co-founder, was not the college's first president. Although offered the post, he declined, and it went to William Hersey Hopkins, who had served as president of St. John's College in Annapolis.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|title=John Franklin Goucher : citizen of the world|author=Marilyn Southard Warshawsky|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|year=2016|isbn=9781530254163|oclc=961105648}}</ref> After Hopkins resigned in 1890 to join the faculty, the board of trustees voted unanimously to renominate Goucher. Under pressure from the board, Goucher relented and accepted the position, which he held for nearly two decades. Goucher and his wife Mary Cecilia Fisher made significant financial contributions to the college, including the bequest of a portion of his estate.<ref name=":7" />
=== 20th century === During President Goucher's tenure, enrollment grew but the college suffered financial deficits.<ref name=":7" /> In 1904, the college became the second in Maryland to establish a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, after Johns Hopkins University.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://goucherpbk.wordpress.com/history-of-our-chapter/|title=History of Our Chapter|date=2015-04-12|work=Goucher College: Phi Beta Kappa|access-date=2018-08-27|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142335/https://goucherpbk.wordpress.com/history-of-our-chapter/|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> Goucher stepped down in 1908 to resume his international missionary work but remained involved with the school as president emeritus until his death in 1922.<ref name=":5" /> In 1910, the school was renamed '''Goucher College''' in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/honored-individuals/john-franklin-goucher|title=John Franklin Goucher|publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
In 1913, the college inaugurated its fourth president, William W. Guth, who oversaw the construction of several new residence halls and a successful million-dollar fundraising campaign.<ref name=":7" /> alt=|left|thumb|A colorized postcard photo of Goucher's Baltimore campus ''circa'' 1920. Around this time, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, whose daughter Jessie was a Goucher alumna, expressed support for the college's fundraising efforts in correspondence with the administration, writing in March 1913, "It would, indeed, be ... evidence that our great educational public does not fully understand its own interests if an institution which has served with such faithfulness ... in the cause of woman's education should be allowed to break up for the lack of money."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://presidentwilson.org/items/show/10918|title=Woodrow Wilson to Friends of Goucher College |website=presidentwilson.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022357/http://presidentwilson.org/items/show/10918|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref> By 1914, Goucher was one of six "Class I" colleges for women in the U.S.<ref>{{cite news |title=Goucher College |url=https://archive.org/stream/independen79v80newy#page/n42/mode/1up |newspaper=The Independent |date=Jul 6, 1914 |access-date=August 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230183553/http://archive.org/stream/independen79v80newy#page/n42/mode/1up |archive-date=2012-12-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 1921, Goucher purchased 421 acres of land in nearby Towson that had belonged to the estate of a prominent Baltimore family, for $150,000.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofgoucher00knip|title=The History of Goucher College|last1=Thomas|first1=Thaddeus|last2=Knipp|first2=Anna Heubeck|publisher=Goucher College|year=1938|page=20}}</ref> The move from Baltimore to the Towson suburbs was completed in 1953.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":12" /> thumb|upright=0.6|The college's original seal Before 1950, Goucher hosted nearly a dozen sorority chapters on campus including Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Pi Beta Phi, but they were disbanded on the move to Towson.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.franbecque.com/goucher-college-home-of-a-once-thriving-womens-fraternity-system/|title=Goucher College - Home of a Once Thriving Women's Fraternity System |date=2013-04-08|work=Fraternity History & More|access-date=2018-10-30|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090934/https://www.franbecque.com/goucher-college-home-of-a-once-thriving-womens-fraternity-system/|archive-date=2018-10-30|url-status=live}}</ref>
Goucher turned coeducational in 1986 when the board of trustees voted to admit men, citing declining enrollment and reduced national interest by women in single-sex colleges.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/06/science/education-women-s-college-faces-the-inevitable-men.html|title=Women's College Faces the Inevitable: Men|last=Lindsey|first=Gruson|date=May 6, 1986|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811230744/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/06/science/education-women-s-college-faces-the-inevitable-men.html|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> The decision was controversial among many students and a minority of alumnae. However it was followed by increased enrollment and sustained support from the school's donors, with Goucher's endowment growing nearly five-fold from $45 million in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/09/18/once-dreaded-males-now-norm-at-goucher-college-most-of-the-schools-students-accept-its-coeducational-status-but-some-alumnae-resent-the-admission-of-men-10-years-of-coeducation/|title=Once-dreaded males now norm at Goucher College: Most of the school's students accept its coeducational status, but some alumnae resent the admission of men|last=Loudermilk|first=Suzanne|date=September 18, 1996|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812053333/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-09-18/news/1996262021_1_goucher-college-women-colleges-coeducational-college|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/05/12/goucher-and-the-vanishing-single-sex-college/4af8e99d-1fa8-4264-9946-6fa1df8ba800/|title=Goucher and the Vanishing Single-Sex College|last=Yardley|first=Jonathan|date=1986-05-12|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812052743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/05/12/goucher-and-the-vanishing-single-sex-college/4af8e99d-1fa8-4264-9946-6fa1df8ba800/|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref> President Rhoda M. Dorsey, who also initially resisted the proposal, relented and presided over the transition.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-rhoda-dorsey-20140510-story.html|title=Rhoda Dorsey, Goucher's first female president, dies|last1=Wenger|first1=Yvonne Wenger|date=May 10, 2014|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-08-19|last2=Brown|first2=Matthew Hay|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200642/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-rhoda-dorsey-20140510-story.html|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":12"/>
==== Old Goucher ==== {{Further|Old Goucher, Baltimore}} Goucher's former Baltimore campus became known as Old Goucher. The school maintained no affiliation with the property after its sale. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=490&FROM=NRMapHO.html|title=National Register Properties in Maryland|website=mht.maryland.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811231157/http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?NRID=490&FROM=NRMapHO.html|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of its Romanesque structures have been preserved and re-purposed for commercial, public, and residential use.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-kelly-column-goucher-20180208-story.html|title=Jacques Kelly: Old Goucher working to emerge as a business and housing hub|last=Kelly|first=Jacques|work=baltimoresun.com|access-date=2018-08-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826113420/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-kelly-column-goucher-20180208-story.html|archive-date=2018-08-26|url-status=live}}</ref> The school's Towson campus was added to the historic register in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?FROM=NRHDCountyList.aspx&NRID=1519&propertyName=Goucher%20College&mapLocation=nrb1519.jpg&COUNTY=Baltimore%20County|title=National Register Properties in Maryland|website=mht.maryland.gov|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
==Campus== Goucher occupies a green, wooded {{convert|287|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus that is proximate and northeast to downtown Towson. Surrounding the central campus infrastructure is a dense forest, owned by the school, which features low hills and hiking and jogging trails, some of which are also used by the college's equestrian riders.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/explore/who-we-are/history/buildings|title=Buildings of the Goucher Campuses |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824101822/https://www.goucher.edu/explore/who-we-are/history/buildings|archive-date=2018-08-24|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Equestrian Overview |url=https://athletics.goucher.edu/sports/equest/overview |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Goucher Equestrian Program}}</ref> The non-denominational Haebler Memorial Chapel lies near the center of campus. A walking path, called the Van Meter Highway, connects to most of the college's residential, academic, recreational, and athletic buildings, while one road, the Loop Road, circles campus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Self-Guided Tour |url=https://www.goucher.edu/become/documents/Self-Guided-Tour.pdf |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Goucher College}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/events-and-conference-services/venues|title=Goucher College Venues & Rooms |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062024/https://www.goucher.edu/events-and-conference-services/venues|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' magazine described the campus as "unusually bucolic."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/class-2004-12-hot-schools-139197|title=The Class of 2004: 12 Hot Schools|last=Springen|first=Karen|date=2003-07-31|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-07-01|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701194143/http://www.newsweek.com/class-2004-12-hot-schools-139197|archive-date=2018-07-01|url-status=live}}</ref> It has also been referred to by CBS Baltimore as one of Baltimore County's most scenic college campuses.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/top-lists/5-most-scenic-college-campuses-near-baltimore/|title=5 Most Scenic College Campuses Near Baltimore|last=Furches|first=Joel|date=2016-01-23|work=CBS Baltimore|access-date=2018-08-08|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031334/https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/top-lists/5-most-scenic-college-campuses-near-baltimore/|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref>
A scene at the fictional Hammond University from the fourth season of the Netflix series ''House of Cards'' was filmed on Goucher's campus, with most shots taking place at the Athenaeum and the Rhoda M. Dorsey College Center.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-unforgettable-moments-house-of-cards-season-4-20160303-story.html|title=Three unforgettable moments from 'House of Cards' Season 4|last=Zurawik|first=David|date=March 4, 2016|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-07-28|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728101212/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-unforgettable-moments-house-of-cards-season-4-20160303-story.html|archive-date=2018-07-28|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Academic buildings === alt=Sanford J. Ungar Athenaeum|thumb|Sanford J. Ungar Athenaeum Goucher's main academic buildings, including Van Meter Hall and Julia Rogers, are located at the northern portion of campus, called the "academic quad".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/julia-rogers-building|title=Julia Rogers Building |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031542/https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/julia-rogers-building|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref> The Hoffberger Science Building houses the school's science departments and is adjacent to the Meyerhoff Arts Building, which contains a theater, photo studio, and several galleries and where the dance, theater, and art departments are based.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/hoffberger-science-building|title=Hoffberger Science Building |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031308/https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/hoffberger-science-building|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/meyerhoff-arts-center|title=Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Arts Center |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813175015/https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/meyerhoff-arts-center|archive-date=2018-08-13|url-status=live}}</ref> Student Administrative Services and the admissions office are located in the Rhoda M. Dorsey College Center. Near the center of the campus and opposite Mary Fisher Hall is the Athenaeum, or "the Ath," a {{convert|100000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} modern, multipurpose facility built in 2009 encompassing the main library, a restaurant, classrooms, lecture halls, and an open auditorium. The Athenaeum is where speakers who visit the campus are typically hosted.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.wypr.org/post/gubernatorial-candidates-hunt-sleeping-giant-youth-vote|title=Gubernatorial Candidates Hunt for "Sleeping Giant" Youth Vote|last=Lee|first=John|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012094412/http://www.wypr.org/post/gubernatorial-candidates-hunt-sleeping-giant-youth-vote|archive-date=2018-10-12|url-status=live}}</ref> The Merrick Lecture Hall, a partial amphitheater situated near Van Meter Hall, is also a venue for on-campus recitals, performances, sponsored political debates, and other productions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thetowerlight.com/u-s-senate-republican-debate-moves-to-goucher/|title=U.S. Senate Republican debate moves to Goucher|date=2016-02-23|work=The Towerlight|access-date=2018-07-28|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725171217/http://thetowerlight.com/u-s-senate-republican-debate-moves-to-goucher/|archive-date=2018-07-25|url-status=live}}</ref> The college is fundraising to build its Science Innovation Center, which will be a 44,000-square foot annex to the Hoffberger Science Building.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Science Innovation Center |url=https://undaunted.goucher.edu/science-innovation-center/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=UNDAUNTED Capital Campaign}}</ref>
=== Housing === thumb|Pagliaro Selz Hall The college's residence halls are concentrated on the south side of campus. They are Heubeck, Froelicher, Mary Fisher, Sondheim, Stimson, Welsh Hall, known by students as "the T" for its T-shaped design, which was completed in 2005.<ref name=":14" /> In 2018, the school completed construction of the "First-year Village" for freshmen, which includes Pagliaro Selz Hall, Fireside Hall, and Trustees Hall.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/08/28/gouchers-new-dorms-were-designed-to-make-students.html|title=Goucher's new dorms were designed to make students more social, successful|website=bizjournals.com|access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref> Campus housing for students includes singles, doubles, triples, suites, and on-campus apartments. Sondheim is the sole residence hall designated as substance-free.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/experience/where-you-live/residence-halls/|title=Residence Halls |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805203648/https://www.goucher.edu/experience/where-you-live/residence-halls/|archive-date=2018-08-05|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2018, Goucher announced a campus-wide ban on cigarettes and smoking devices like electronic cigarettes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/higher-ed/bs-hs-smoke-free-campuses-20180813-story.html|title=Goucher joins growing list of smoke-free college campuses in Maryland|last=Richman|first=Talia|work=baltimoresun.com|access-date=2018-08-23|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823141453/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/higher-ed/bs-hs-smoke-free-campuses-20180813-story.html|archive-date=2018-08-23|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Athletic and recreational facilities === The campus's outdoor sports facilities include a 107,000 square foot turf stadium field named Gopher Stadium, three grass practice fields, an outdoor track, twelve tennis courts that opened in 2019 as part of the Evelyn Dyke Schroedl '62 Tennis Center, as well as separate courts for racquetball and squash, and an equestrian center. The Decker Sports and Recreation Center contains a six-lane, 25-yard pool, dance studios, a basketball court, gymnasium, varsity locker rooms, a fully equipped weight room, and a cardio fitness center. The equestrian center lies on the northernmost edge of campus and contains two barns, 10 turnout paddocks, indoor and outdoor riding rings, and several riding fields, in addition to wooded trails shared with pedestrians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/explore/facilities|title=Facilities |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801064100/https://www.goucher.edu/explore/facilities|archive-date=2018-08-01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Schroedl Tennis Center |url=https://undaunted.goucher.edu/schroedl-tennis-center/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=UNDAUNTED Capital Campaign}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Riding Facilities |url=https://athletics.goucher.edu/information/Riding_Facilities |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Goucher Athletics}}</ref> thumb|Mary Fisher Dining Hall
=== Design, layout, and sustainability === The architectural design firm responsible for planning the campus, Moore and Hutchins, elected to group buildings together into informal zones based on function, departing from the Romanesque style of the previous Baltimore campus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://chap.baltimorecity.gov/old-goucher-college|title=Old Goucher College|date=2015-11-15|work=Historical and Architectural Preservation|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810072635/https://chap.baltimorecity.gov/old-goucher-college|archive-date=2018-08-10|url-status=live}}</ref> The buildings on campus are clad in tan-colored Butler stone chosen to reflect a Modernist theme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/|title=Building a Greater Goucher: The History of the Towson Campus |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810105258/https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/|archive-date=2018-08-10|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the years, the architecture of the campus has won numerous awards.<ref name="goucher.edu">{{cite web |title=History of the Towson Campus |url=https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329215825/http://www.goucher.edu/x31143.xml |archive-date=2012-03-29 |access-date=10 February 2015 |publisher=Goucher College}}</ref> The campus has also been recognized for its commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency, being called a "Top 25 Green College."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/top/green-colleges/|title=The Top 25 Green Colleges for 2018|website=bestcollegereviews.org|date=February 12, 2018 |language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031445/https://www.bestcollegereviews.org/top/green-colleges/|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, Goucher announced a goal for all new and existing buildings to achieve at least a Silver rating according to the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building certification system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nrdc.org/experts/lara-ettenson/how-college-campuses-can-lead-fighting-climate-change|title=How College Campuses Can Lead in Fighting Climate Change|last=Ettenson|first=Lara|date=August 14, 2017|publisher=Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC)|access-date=2018-08-01|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801034527/https://www.nrdc.org/experts/lara-ettenson/how-college-campuses-can-lead-fighting-climate-change|archive-date=2018-08-01|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, the campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Historic Register |url=http://www.goucher.edu/x20972.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329215834/http://www.goucher.edu/x20972.xml |archive-date=2012-03-29 |access-date=10 February 2015 |publisher=Goucher College}}</ref>
The campus underwent significant changes when in 2017 several of its primary residential buildings were relocated as part of an extensive plan to construct a "First-year Village" comprising modernized residential halls and recreational facilities for newly matriculated freshmen.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/opinion/sunday/college-freshman-mental-health.html|title=Opinion {{!}} The Real Campus Scourge|last=Bruni|first=Frank|date=September 2, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-08-06|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806054707/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/opinion/sunday/college-freshman-mental-health.html|archive-date=2018-08-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.educationdive.com/news/goucher-college-president-jose-bowen-was-focused-on-retaining-students-and/504668/|title=Goucher College President José Bowen was focused on retaining students, and it paid off in recruitment|last=Chatlani|first=Shalina|date=September 18, 2017|work=Education Dive|access-date=2018-08-15|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815200943/https://www.educationdive.com/news/goucher-college-president-jose-bowen-was-focused-on-retaining-students-and/504668/|archive-date=2018-08-15|url-status=live}}</ref> The new freshmen dorms have a capacity of 450 and opened in the fall of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/experience/where-you-live/residence-halls/first-year-village|title=First-year Village|publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062026/https://www.goucher.edu/experience/where-you-live/residence-halls/first-year-village|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref> These developments coincided with substantial renovations to Mary Fisher Hall, with its campus cafe upgraded to a full-fledged, 550-seat dining hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/mary-fisher-hall|title=Mary Fisher Hall History |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062135/https://www.goucher.edu/library/special-collections-and-archives/exhibits/building-a-greater-goucher-the-history-of-the-towson-campus/buildings/mary-fisher-hall|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":8" /> Goucher also announced plans to build a new {{convert|35000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Science Research Center to provide additional lab space and resources for expanded biology, chemistry, and environmental science departments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/03/12/goucher-college-unveils-100-million-capital.html|title=Goucher College unveils $100 million capital campaign, largest in its history|last=Eichensehr|first=Morgan|date=March 12, 2018|website=bizjournals.com|publisher=Baltimore Business Journal|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref> To raise capital for these projects, Goucher initiated a fundraising campaign to raise $100 million from alumni and other donors, of which it has raised $96 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/news/undaunted-campaign-launch|title=Goucher College Announces "Undaunted" Campaign to Raise $100 Million |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731062023/https://www.goucher.edu/news/undaunted-campaign-launch|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/higher-ed/bs-md-ci-goucher-college-20180313-story.html|title=Goucher aiming to raise $100 million by 2022 in capital campaign|last=Richman|first=Talia|date=March 13, 2018|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731031605/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/higher-ed/bs-md-ci-goucher-college-20180313-story.html|archive-date=2018-07-31|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.goucher.edu/impact-report/files/2023/09/Impact-Report-FY23.pdf|title=2022-23 Impact Report - Fundraising Results for Fiscal Year 2022-23|publisher=Goucher College|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708014606/https://blogs.goucher.edu/impact-report/files/2023/09/Impact-Report-FY23.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Academics==
=== Rankings and reputation === {{Infobox US university ranking | Forbes = 410 | USNWR_LA = 126 | Wamo_LA = 58 | THE_WSJ = }}
In the ''U.S. News & World Report'' annual college rankings for 2025, Goucher tied for 126th among national liberal arts colleges, tied for 10th in Most Innovative Schools, tied for 71st in Social Mobility, and 7th in Study Abroad.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2019 |title=Best Colleges 2020: Goucher College |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/goucher-college-2073/overall-rankings |access-date=March 11, 2025 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref> ''Forbes'' in 2019 ranked Goucher at 138 in Liberal Arts Universities, 161 in the Northeast, 272 nationally among private colleges, and 410 overall among the best 650 colleges and universities in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/colleges/goucher-college/|title=Goucher College|magazine=Forbes|access-date=October 13, 2020|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704094233/https://www.forbes.com/colleges/goucher-college/|archive-date=2018-07-04|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, ''Washington Monthly'' ranked Goucher 58th among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Liberal Arts Colleges Ranking |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/liberal-arts/ |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}</ref>
The ''Princeton Review'' included Goucher in its 2019 edition of the "Best 384 Colleges"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-colleges|title=The Best 384 Colleges|last1=Franek|first1=Robert|last2=Soto|first2=David|publisher=The Princeton Review|year=2018|isbn=978-1524758196|edition=2019|location=New York|oclc=1046984588|access-date=2018-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519085330/https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-colleges|archive-date=2018-05-19|url-status=live}}</ref> and ranked it No. 5 in "Most Popular Study Abroad Program.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=most-popular-study-abroad-program|title=Best Colleges for Study Abroad Programs |website=The Princeton Review|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075426/https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=most-popular-study-abroad-program|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live|access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref> Goucher was recognized as a top producer of Fulbright scholars by ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-Fulbright/242557|title=Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Scholars and Students, 2017-18|date=2018-02-18|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|access-date=2018-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219202946/https://www.chronicle.com/article/Top-Producers-of-Fulbright/242557|archive-date=2018-02-19|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also profiled in the book ''Colleges that Change Lives'' by Loren Pope as one of forty institutions.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Loren |first=Pope |title=Colleges That Change Lives |date=August 28, 2012 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=9780143122302 |edition=4th |location=New York |pages=71–78 |oclc=775417740}}</ref> The school was one of the first in the country to require a study abroad of all undergraduates, along with Susquehanna University and Soka University of America.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |date=16 June 2008 |title=All Abroad! Overseas Study Required at Goucher College [The Chronicle of Higher Ed] - International Division |url=http://international.wisc.edu/all-abroad-overseas-study-required-at-goucher-college-the-chronicle-of-higher-ed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701032026/http://international.wisc.edu/all-abroad-overseas-study-required-at-goucher-college-the-chronicle-of-higher-ed/ |archive-date=2018-07-01 |access-date=2018-06-30 |website=international.wisc.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2019-03-22/3-benefits-of-studying-abroad|title=3 Benefits of Studying Abroad|last=Moody|first=Josh|date=March 22, 2019|website=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref>
=== Admissions === Goucher's admissions process is rated as "selective" by ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref name=":9" /> For the class of 2022, Goucher received 3,474 applications and had an acceptance rate of 79%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/goucher-college-1023967|title=Goucher College |website=The Princeton Review College Rankings & Reviews|access-date=2019-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807063648/https://www.princetonreview.com/college/goucher-college-1023967|archive-date=2018-08-07|url-status=live}}</ref> Goucher has been SAT-optional since 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/education/edlife/26guidance-t.html|title=The Other Side of 'Test Optional'|last=O'Shaughnessy|first=Lynn|date=2009-07-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119065733/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/education/edlife/26guidance-t.html|archive-date=2018-11-19|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2014, the school received national coverage when it announced it would accept video-only applications without transcripts, essays, or test scores.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/goucher-college-allows-video-applications-without-transcripts-or-test-scores/2014/09/03/5e01f512-3384-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html|title=Goucher College allows video applications, without transcripts or test scores|last=Anderson|first=Nick|date=September 3, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 6, 2019}}</ref> The decision was criticized by some who suggested that doing so represented a lowering of standards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/education/college-admissions-goucher-video.html|title=Colleges Make It Easier for Students to Show, Not Tell, in Their Applications|last=Pérez-Peña|first=Richard|date=2014-09-27|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-02-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813082413/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/education/college-admissions-goucher-video.html|archive-date=2018-08-13|url-status=live}}</ref> The school defended the decision as part of an effort to increase diversity among the student body and later reported that the average GPA of students admitted via the video application process met or exceeded that of students who submitted traditional applications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/08/goucher-reports-students-admitted-video-did-better-academically-other-students|title=Goucher reports that students admitted via video did better academically than other students|website=insidehighered.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423075752/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/08/goucher-reports-students-admitted-video-did-better-academically-other-students|archive-date=2016-04-23|url-status=live}}</ref> For 2021, the average matriculated student's GPA was 3.14, with those reporting, the average SAT score was 1200, and average ACT score was 25.<ref>{{cite web |title=Goucher College Requirements for Admission |url=https://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/colleges/Goucher-College-admission-requirements |website=prepscholar.com |publisher=PrepScholar |access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>
===Undergraduate level===
As of 2023, students choose from 31 majors, including an individualized interdisciplinary major, and 39 minors; there are also special orientation courses for first-year students.<ref name=":13" /> The most popular majors are in the humanities and social sciences, languages, biological sciences, and performing arts.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title=2017 Student Profile |url=https://www.goucher.edu/institutional-effectiveness/documents/Fall-2017-Student-Profile.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805203928/https://www.goucher.edu/institutional-effectiveness/2017-student-profile |archive-date=2018-08-05 |access-date=2018-08-05 |publisher=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref> Goucher is also well-known for its creative writing, dance, and pre-med departments. The student-faculty ratio is 10:1, and the average class size is 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college/goucher-college-1023967#!admissions|title=Goucher College |website=The Princeton Review College Rankings & Reviews|language=en|access-date=2018-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807063648/https://www.princetonreview.com/college/goucher-college-1023967#!admissions|archive-date=2018-08-07|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/education/edlife/a-conversation-with-gouchers-new-president.html|title=A Conversation With Goucher's New President|work=The New York Times |date=October 31, 2014 |access-date=2018-08-11|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630000005/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/education/edlife/a-conversation-with-gouchers-new-president.html|archive-date=2018-06-30|url-status=live |last1=Lewin |first1=Tamar }}</ref> The college also offers 4+1 bachelor’s/master’s programs itself and with Johns Hopkins University, Loyola University Maryland, Middlebury College, and University of Maryland, Baltimore and a dual degree engineering program with Columbia University.<ref name=":11" /> Goucher is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chea.org/goucher-college|title=Goucher College |publisher=Council for Higher Education Accreditation|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115075836/https://www.chea.org/goucher-college|archive-date=2019-01-15|url-status=live}}</ref>
Goucher began requiring all undergraduates to study abroad in 2006, which was the most notable of several reforms to the school's curriculum in that period.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/19/education/foreign-detour-en-route-to-a-college-degree.html|title=Foreign Detour en Route to a College Degree|last=Chmela|first=Holli|date=October 19, 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-08-26|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827005255/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/19/education/foreign-detour-en-route-to-a-college-degree.html|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> A popular choice for students is a three-week course abroad during the winter, spring, or summer. Goucher offers over 60 semester and yearlong study-abroad programs in 30 countries but allows students to register in programs by other schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/study-abroad/|title=Study Abroad |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075232/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/study-abroad/|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> Undergraduates are also expected to either complete an internship, participate in community engagement work, or work as a faculty research assistant. Goucher sponsors a competitive grant program for students participating in summer internships.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-summer-internships-paid-20180525-story.html|title=More employers offering paid summer internships, despite federal rule changes to make it easier to hire unpaid interns|last=Mirabella|first=Lorraine|work=baltimoresun.com|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811195536/http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-summer-internships-paid-20180525-story.html|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/career-education-office/professional-experience/internships/goucher-intern-fellowship|title=Goucher Intern Fellowship |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920045711/https://www.goucher.edu/career-education-office/professional-experience/internships/goucher-intern-fellowship|archive-date=2018-09-20|url-status=live|access-date=2018-08-13}}</ref>
In 2017, Goucher instituted a revamped set of general education requirements into the curriculum called "Goucher Commons" including a first-year seminar, emphasis on writing, data analytics, and foreign language and culture, a capstone course, and inquiry into at least two areas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/29/colleges-share-how-they-made-their-general-education-programs-more-laundry-list|title=Colleges share how they made their general education programs more than a laundry list of requirements|access-date=2018-08-26|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214801/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/01/29/colleges-share-how-they-made-their-general-education-programs-more-laundry-list|archive-date=2018-08-26|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/curriculum/|title=The New Curriculum |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827005257/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/curriculum/|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, Goucher announced plans to eliminate seven majors, including mathematics, physics, religion, music, and Russian studies, following a "Program Prioritization Process" involving faculty<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://quinnews.com/goucher-assesses-academic-programs|title=Goucher Assesses Academic Programs|date=2018-05-18|work=The Quindecim|access-date=2018-08-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214549/http://quinnews.com/goucher-assesses-academic-programs|archive-date=2018-08-26|url-status=live}}</ref> which cited low overall interest in those majors among students.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/17/goucher-college-says-its-eliminating-liberal-arts-programs-such-math-physics-and|title=Cuts to Liberal Arts at Goucher|last=Flaherty|first=Colleen|date=August 17, 2018|work=Inside Higher Ed|access-date=2018-08-26|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214748/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/08/17/goucher-college-says-its-eliminating-liberal-arts-programs-such-math-physics-and|archive-date=2018-08-26|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-goucher-collgee-freshmen-20180818-story.html|title=Goucher College freshmen move into new dorms amid changes|last=Meehan|first=Sarah|work=baltimoresun.com|access-date=2018-08-26|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214459/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-goucher-collgee-freshmen-20180818-story.html|archive-date=2018-08-26|url-status=live}}</ref> The school said that advanced courses in these subjects will remain part of the overall curriculum and that the class of 2022 and students that were studying in those majors will be unaffected by the change.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Message |date=August 17, 2018 |url=https://thedailyrecord.com/2018/08/17/goucher-college-cuts-math-physics-several-other-majors/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826214732/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/provost/academic-revitalization/community-message |archive-date=2018-08-26 |access-date=2018-08-26 |publisher=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:MD Gov Larry Hogan speaks at Goucher College.jpg|thumb|Maryland Governor Larry Hogan speaking with students in the Athenaeum]]
===Graduate level===
Goucher's graduate program is run out of the Welch Center for Graduate and Professional Studies, which is named for late former acting president Robert S. Welch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-robert-welch-20160315-story.html|title=Robert S. Welch, Goucher College interim president who liked to brew beer, dies|last=Kelly|first=Jacques|date=March 16, 2016|website=Baltimore Sun|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-13|archive-date=February 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213124112/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-robert-welch-20160315-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The school grants Master of Arts, Master of Education, and Master of Fine Arts degrees in fields including art and technology and historic preservation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/|title=Welch Center for Graduate & Professional Studies |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811194714/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sah.org/docs/default-source/misc-resources/graduate-programs-in-architectural-history-and-related-fields.pdf?sfvrsn=bb3f1d96_18|title=Graduate Programs in Architectural History and Related Fields|date=February 12, 2018|publisher=Society of Architectural Historians}}</ref>
===Certificate and other programs=== Since 1993, Goucher has offered a full-time post-baccalaureate pre-medical program with 96% of students over the course of its history gaining acceptance to medical school and 99.7% over the past decade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.noodle.com/articles/a-guide-to-postbac-premed-programs-another-route-to-med-school|title=A Guide to Postbac Premed Programs: Another Route to Med School|last=Bodine|first=Paul S.|work=Noodle|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022623/https://www.noodle.com/articles/a-guide-to-postbac-premed-programs-another-route-to-med-school|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/education/edlife/a-second-opinion-the-post-baccalaureate.html|title=A Second Opinion: The Post-Baccalaureate|last=Simon|first=Cecilia Capuzzi|work=The New York Times|date=April 13, 2012 |access-date=2018-08-11|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022528/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/education/edlife/a-second-opinion-the-post-baccalaureate.html|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref> The program accepts approximately 32 students annually. It has linkage agreements with several schools including the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, George Washington University School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Post-Bac Premed Linkage Opportunities |url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/post-baccalaureate-premed-program/linkage-to-medical-school.html |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref>
Goucher also grants certificates through a program for teachers called the AP (Advanced Placement) Summer Institute recognizing specialties with at-risk learners, middle school, reading instruction, improving school leadership, and educational technology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/graduate-programs-in-education/master-of-education/professional-certificates/areas-of-specialization|title=Areas of Specialization |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022235/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/graduate-programs/graduate-programs-in-education/master-of-education/professional-certificates/areas-of-specialization|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Goucher Prison Education Partnership === In 2012, Goucher founded the Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP), a division of the college that expands the academic community to include individuals incarcerated in two Maryland state prisons. In 2015, GPEP hosted the Department of Education at the Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup (MCI-J) to announce the Second Chance Pell Grant pilot program and became one of 67 colleges selected in 2016 to provide individuals incarcerated in the U.S. the opportunity to use federal Pell grants to earn college credits.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/06/24/12000-inmates-to-receive-pell-grants-to-take-college-classes/|title=12,000 inmates to receive Pell grants to take college classes|last=Douglas-Gabriel|first=Danielle|date=June 24, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-07-13}}</ref> Goucher offers a bachelor's degree in American Studies to students enrolled through GPEP. The division primarily operates on private grants and donations raised by its staff, with some funds provided through federal Pell grants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/us/politics/criminal-justice-education.html|title=A 'Second Chance' After 27 Years in Prison: How Criminal Justice Helped an Ex-Inmate Graduate|last=Green|first=Erica L.|date=2019-07-08|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-13|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Each year, around 130 GPEP students at MCI-J and the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women (MCIW) enroll in college classes taught by faculty from Goucher and other local colleges and universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Goucher Prison Education Partnership |url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/goucher-prison-education-partnership/index.html |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref>
==Student life== ===Clubs and extracurriculars=== Goucher has over 60 student-run clubs including the Chem Club, which is the oldest continuously operating club on campus, Hillel, an a capella group called Red Hot Blue, a poetry club, a black student union called Umoja, Model United Nations, and a student-labor action committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/experience/getting-involved/|title=Getting Involved |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811195213/https://www.goucher.edu/experience/getting-involved/|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> The college publishes a bi-weekly student newspaper called ''The Quindecim'' and a literary arts journal called ''Preface''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://quinnews.com/|title=The Quindecim|website=The Quindecim|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811195722/http://quinnews.com/|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Other media run by the school is Goucher Student Radio, which contains a host of student, staff, and faculty programming and is streamed online.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thequindecim.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/goucher-student-radio-encourages-originality-and-personality/|title=Goucher student radio encourages originality and personality|last=Brustein|first=Rachel|date=2013-11-14|work=The Quindecim|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200954/https://thequindecim.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/goucher-student-radio-encourages-originality-and-personality/|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Many students participate in Goucher Student Government, which holds elections, oversees the activities of clubs, passes resolutions, and votes on matters affecting the general student body.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/experience/getting-involved/clubs-and-organizations/advertising-policy|title=Goucher Student Government Advertising Policy |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811200627/https://www.goucher.edu/experience/getting-involved/clubs-and-organizations/advertising-policy|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Similar to other private liberal arts schools in the northeast, Goucher no longer recognizes any fraternities or sororities on campus.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Goucher College : Baltimore, MD|first=Cleo|last=Zancope|date=2011|publisher=College Prowler|isbn=9781427404404|oclc=777207944}}</ref>
===Athletics=== thumb|170px|Goucher Gophers athletics mark Goucher's athletic teams are known as the Gophers. In 2007 the college joined the Landmark Conference after competing as a member of the Capital Athletic Conference from 1991 to 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.landmarkconference.org/information/history/timeline|title=A Historical Timeline of Key Events in the Landmark Conference|work=Landmark|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812115147/http://www.landmarkconference.org/information/history/timeline|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cacsports.com/information/history/index|title=History|publisher=Capital Ath. Conf.|access-date=2018-08-12|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812115638/http://www.cacsports.com/information/history/index|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref> Goucher competes in the NCAA's Division III, fielding men's and women's teams in lacrosse, soccer, basketball, track and field, cross country, golf, swimming, and tennis, as well as women's teams in field hockey and volleyball.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressboxonline.com/2018/10/16/local-players-powering-goucher-mens-soccer|title=Local Players Powering Goucher Men's Soccer|website=PressBox Online Baltimore|language=en|access-date=2018-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090909/https://www.pressboxonline.com/2018/10/16/local-players-powering-goucher-mens-soccer|archive-date=2018-10-30|url-status=live}}</ref>
Goucher also competes nationally in co-ed equestrian sports through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wjcl.com/article/scad-equestrian-team-wins-2017-anrc-novice-and-national-team-championships/9547719|title=SCAD Equestrian team wins 2017 ANRC Novice and National Team Championships|last=Sulkowski|first=Frank|date=2017-04-24|work=WJCL|access-date=2018-10-30|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090757/https://www.wjcl.com/article/scad-equestrian-team-wins-2017-anrc-novice-and-national-team-championships/9547719|archive-date=2018-10-30|url-status=live}}</ref>
The college was the preseason training camp site for the Baltimore Colts from 1975 to 1983.<ref>[https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/training-camp-to-stay-in-owings-mills-7744139 "Training Camp To Stay In Owings Mills," BaltimoreRavens.com, Friday 2 December 2011.] Retrieved 22 August 2025.</ref>
===Demographics=== Approximately 67% of undergraduates are female.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.petersons.com/college-search/goucher-college-000_10000310.aspx|title=Goucher College in Baltimore, MD |website=Petersons's|language=en|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827075226/https://www.petersons.com/college-search/goucher-college-000_10000310.aspx|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}}</ref> About 37% of the student body identifies as African-American, Asian, Hispanic, or Native-American.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/goucher-college/student-life/diversity/|title=How Diverse is Goucher College?|date=2013-02-20|work=College Factual|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810072652/https://www.collegefactual.com/colleges/goucher-college/student-life/diversity/|archive-date=2018-08-10|url-status=live}}</ref> Goucher also has one of the highest percentages of Jewish students in the country at 26%, according to Hillel International.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news |last=Hershey |first=Robert D. Jr. |date=October 13, 1984 |title=Trade Agency's Head Assails Policies of U.S. |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/13/business/trade-agency-s-head-assails-policies-of-us.html |url-status=live |access-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812114937/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/13/business/trade-agency-s-head-assails-policies-of-us.html |archive-date=2018-08-12}}</ref> Goucher attracts students both nationally and internationally; undergraduates in 2017 came from 46 states and 50 countries.<ref name=":15" /> Twenty-five percent of students qualify for Pell Grants, and Goucher has been recognized for its success in graduating Pell Grant recipients compared to the national average.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-low-income-college-report-20160323-story.html|title=UMBC, Goucher recognized in federal report for advancing low-income students|last=Anderson|first=Jessica|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022951/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bs-md-low-income-college-report-20160323-story.html|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2017-12-11/colleges-offer-programs-to-assist-low-income-students|title=Colleges Offer Campus Programs For Low-Income Students|last=Powell|first=Farran|date=December 11, 2017|website=U.S. News & World Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211194046/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/articles/2017-12-11/colleges-offer-programs-to-assist-low-income-students|archive-date=2017-12-11|url-status=dead|access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> For the class of 2022, the top five represented home states were Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, California, and New Jersey, and 26% of the incoming class were first-generation college students, while more than one-third of that class were in the top 20% of their graduating high school class.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 60 Jewish Colleges |url=https://www.hillel.org/top-60-jewish-colleges/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Hillel International |language=en-US}}</ref>
===Other activities on campus=== Goucher has hosted the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth summer program for gifted students. Goucher students conceived the nationally popular campus game Humans vs. Zombies, which is organized by students annually, and the commercial party game ''Cards Against Humanity''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-ae-cards-against-humanity-20120824-story.html|title=For Goucher grad, success was in the Cards Against Humanity|last=Peiser|first=Jaclyn|date=August 27, 2012|work=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811195450/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-ae-cards-against-humanity-20120824-story.html|archive-date=2018-08-11|url-status=live}}</ref> Another of the school's annual traditions is GIG, "Get into Goucher," in which students participate in campus-wide celebrations, concerts, and other festivities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/explore/who-we-are/history/traditions|title=Traditions |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022742/https://www.goucher.edu/explore/who-we-are/history/traditions|archive-date=2018-10-08|url-status=live}}</ref> Goucher also hosts English as a second language and computer literacy classes under a program called the Futuro Latino Learning Center, run by students and college instructors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-goucher-latino-center-20140222-story.html|title=At the Futuro Latino Learning Center, Goucher students become the teacher|last=Wells|first=Carrie|date=2014-02-22|website=Baltimore Sun|access-date=2020-01-08|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202213241/https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-goucher-latino-center-20140222-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://thequindecim.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/community-service-profile-futuro-latino-learning-center/|title=Community Service Profile: Futuro Latino Learning Center|last=St. John|first=Madeline|date=2014-09-26|website=The Quindecim|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref>
==== Hallowed Ground Project ==== The Hallowed Ground Project started in 2018, as the Goucher History Project, to research the history of the enslaved people who were forced to live and labor on the land in Towson prior to emancipation in the state in 1864. Students and faculty are working to digitize records and develop initiatives to acknowledge the history of slavery on the campus’ land through the curriculum and other means. Goucher College has also joined the Universities Studying Slavery (USS) consortium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hallowed Ground Project |url=https://www.goucher.edu/the-hallowed-ground-project/index.html |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Goucher College |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Englund |first=Molly |date=2020-02-04 |title=To hallow: Goucher students confront the campus's past |url=https://blogs.goucher.edu/magazine/to-hallow-goucher-students-confront-the-campuss-past/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Goucher Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notable faculty and alumni== {{main|List of Goucher College people}}Well-known Goucher faculty and professors emeritus include Jean H. Baker and Julie Roy Jeffrey of the history department, Nancy Hubbard from the business and accounting department, president emeritus Sanford J. Ungar, and authors Madison Smartt Bell and Elizabeth Spires, who founded the college's Kratz Center for Creative Writing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/humanities/faculty/elizabeth-spires|title=Elizabeth Spires |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825074248/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/humanities/faculty/elizabeth-spires|archive-date=2018-08-25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/contemporary-and-creative-writing/faculty/madison-smartt-bell|title=Madison Smartt Bell |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825074149/https://www.goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/contemporary-and-creative-writing/faculty/madison-smartt-bell|archive-date=2018-08-25|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kratz Center for Creative Writing – at Goucher College |url=https://blogs.goucher.edu/kratz/ |access-date=2026-05-22 |website=blogs.goucher.edu}}</ref>
Goucher has more than 21,000 living alumni, and many of its graduates have gone on to make contributions in the arts and literature, sciences, journalism, business, academia, government, and other fields.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goucher.edu/alumni/|title=Alumnae/i |publisher=Goucher College|language=en|access-date=2018-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812022137/https://www.goucher.edu/alumni/|archive-date=2018-08-12|url-status=live}}</ref>
Historical alumni include women scientists such as Helen Dodson Prince, Ruth Bleier, and Florence Seibert, and doctors like Bessie L. Moses (graduated 1915), who was founder of Baltimore's Bureau for Contraceptive Advice, and Georgeanna Seegar Jones. Other historical graduates include Mary Cromwell Jarrett, who made scientific breakthroughs within post-traumatic stress disorder studies, Judge Sarah T. Hughes, who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson to the presidency, former First Daughter Jessie Woodrow Wilson, and the Academy-Award nominated actress Mildred Dunnock.
Living alumni include authors Ellen Bass, Sarah Pinsker, Darcey Steinke, Edgar Kunz, Jean Guerrero, and Jesse J. Holland; photographers Ruddy Roye and Rosalind Fox Solomon, federal judges Ellen Lipton Hollander for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and Phyllis A. Kravitch for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit,<ref>{{Cite web |title=CONTENTdm |url=https://cdm16235.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16235coll6/search/page/1 |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=cdm16235.contentdm.oclc.org}}</ref> and two-time Olympic gold medalist in figure skating Nathan Chen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yee |first=Lawrence |date=2024-05-13 |title=Olympic Champion Nathan Chen Graduates from Yale, Reveals Where He's Headed Next (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/olympic-champion-nathan-chen-graduates-from-yale-8647948 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514014205/https://people.com/olympic-champion-nathan-chen-graduates-from-yale-8647948 |archive-date=2024-05-14 |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=People |language=en}}</ref>
Other prominent alumni include molecular and cellular biologist Lydia Villa-Komaroff, former First Lady of Puerto Rico Lucé Vela, 27th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Sally Brice-O'Hara, former president of First Republic Bank Katherine August-DeWilde, the third president of California State University, San Marcos, Karen S. Haynes, the first woman to ever serve as the chief financial officer of a large corporation, Judy C. Lewent, ''New York Times'' White House correspondent Erica L. Green, political commentator, author, and founding editor-in-chief of ''The Dispatch'' Jonah Goldberg, 14th Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Government|first=Baltimore County|title=County Executive Biography - Baltimore County|url=https://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/executive/bio.html|access-date=2020-06-24|website=www.baltimorecountymd.gov|language=en}}</ref> 26th Chief of Chaplains for the United States Navy Margaret G. Kibben, former president of Public Citizen Joan Claybrook, and former chairwoman of the United States International Trade Commission Paula Stern.<ref name=":16" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * Knipp, Anna Heubeck, and Thaddeus P. Thomas. ''The History of Goucher College'' (1938) [https://archive.org/details/historyofgoucher00knip online] * Musser, Frederic O. ''The History of Goucher College, 1930–1985'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990).
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website}} * [https://athletics.goucher.edu/landing/index Athletics website]
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