Franklin and Marshall College

Franklin & Marshall is a residential college dedicated to excellence in undergraduate liberal education. Its aims are to inspire in young people of high promise and diverse backgrounds a genuine and enduring love for learning to teach them to read write and think critically to instill in them the capacity for both independent and collaborative action and to educate them to explore and understand the natural social and cultural worlds in which they live. In so doing the College seeks to foster in its students qualities of intellect creativity and character that they may live fulfilling lives and contribute meaningfully to their occupations their communities and their world.