Grinnell College

Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, U.S. known for its strong tradition of social activism. It was founded in 1846, when a group of pioneer New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College. In its 2011 edition of America's Best Colleges, Grinnell was ranked 19th among all liberal arts colleges in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, tied with Smith College. Grinnell's open curriculum encourages students to take initiative and to assume responsibility for their own courses of study. In 1843, eleven Congregational ministers, all of whom trained at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, set out to proselytize on the frontier. Each man pledged to gather a church and...