Editing Haverford College (section)

== History ==
Haverford College was founded in 1833 by members of the Orthodox [[Philadelphia Yearly Meeting]] of the Religious Society of Friends to ensure an education grounded in [[Quaker]] values for young Quaker men. It was the earliest Quaker liberal arts college.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kimball|first=Elizabeth|date=2011|title=Commonplace, Quakers, and the Founding of Haverford School|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23064015|journal=Rhetoric Review|volume=30|issue=4|pages=372–388|doi=10.1080/07350198.2011.604609 |jstor=23064015 |s2cid=144967669 |issn=0735-0198}}</ref> In 1849 it opened enrollment to non-Quakers.<ref>{{cite Collier's|wstitle = Haverford College}}</ref> Originally an all-male institution, Haverford began admitting female transfer students in 1969 and became fully co-educational in 1980. The first woman to graduate (the wife of a faculty member) was a member of the class of 1971. The first Black student to graduate from Haverford, Osmond Pitter, a [[Jamaica]]n Quaker, did so in 1926. He became a doctor and returned to practice medicine in his native land.<ref name="Facts" /><ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Scharff |first1=Emma |title=Paul Moses in Context: The Early History of Black Haverfordians |date=August 2023 |url=https://haverford.edu/sites/default/files/Office/Library/HaverfordLibrary-Paul-B-Moses-Catalog.pdf |website=Paul B. Moses: Haverford Graduate, Trailblazing Art Historian|publisher=Haverford College |access-date=14 September 2024 |pages=3–5}}</ref> The second (and first [[African-American]] to receive a [[bachelor's degree]]) was [[Paul B. Moses]], class of 1951, who became an [[art history]] professor at the [[University of Chicago]]. During the intervening quarter century, a number of other Black men, including [[Howard Thurman]], enrolled as graduate students.<ref name="auto"/>

For most of the 20th century, Haverford's total enrollment was kept below 300, but the college went through two periods of expansion during and after the 1970s, reaching a total of about 1350 students in 2020. [[Thomas R. Tritton]] was president of the college between 1997 and 2007 and oversaw the construction of several new buildings, including the Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center and the Douglas B. Gardner Integrated Athletic Center.<ref name="Facts" />

In the fall of 2020, much of the student body went on strike, sparked by anger at the administration's response to the [[killing of Walter Wallace]] in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite news|last = Snyder|first = Susan|title = Haverford students on strike after college officials' comments on Walter Wallace Jr. death|newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer|location = Philadelphia|date = November 3, 2020|url = https://www.inquirer.com/education/haverford-protest-walter-wallace-police-strike-students-20201103.html}}</ref> The strike later expanded into a broader protest over concerns of racial injustice at the college. Some students opposed the strike, arguing that strikers were demonizing students who expressed concerns and suppressing dissenting views.<ref>{{cite news|last = Anderson|first = Greta|title = Students of color at Haverford College continue strike for racial equity|newspaper = Inside Higher Ed|date = November 9, 2020|url = https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/11/09/students-color-haverford-college-continue-strike-racial-equity}}</ref> After two weeks, the strike ended when the administration agreed to most of the organizers' demands.<ref>{{cite news|last = Snyder|first = Susan|title = Haverford students end strike after getting demands met|newspaper = The Philadelphia Inquirer|location = Philadelphia|date = November 11, 2020|url = https://www.inquirer.com/education/haverford-college-campus-strike-students-racial-justice-20201111.html}}</ref>

[[Wendy Raymond]] has been president of the college since 2019.<ref name="raymondphilly" /> On May 7, 2025, testifying at a hearing of the [[United States House Committee on Education and Workforce]], Raymond was questioned regarding her handling of [[antisemitism]] on campus, and was criticized in part because she repeatedly refused to answer questions about aggregate statistics on students who were suspended or otherwise disciplined by the college for antisemitic conduct.<ref name="stat">Aliya Schneider (7 May 2025). [http://www.philly.com/news/haverforddavidsoncollegepresidentwendyraymond-20181207.html "Haverford president gets the worst of the grilling at congressional hearing on antisemitism"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''</ref> As a result, Representative [[Ryan Mackenzie]] of Pennsylvania threatened to withdraw federal funding from the college.<ref name="stat"/>