■商界精英
1.Dare to Pursue Success勇于追求成功鲁思奥维德斯 3
2.Create a Better Life创造更美好的生活杰罗姆格里菲思 19
3.Move Forward Courageously勇往直前梅洛迪霍布森 35
4.Spread Your Wings and Soar High展翅高飞杰森吉拉尔 53
5.The Power of Sincerity真诚的力量凯瑟琳P布莱克 67
6.Fortune Favors the Bold Excerpt命运偏爱勇者(节选)雪莉桑德伯格 81
7.Look to the Future and Fears no Fears放眼未来,无所畏惧雪莉桑德伯格 93
8.Find Your First Self找到最初的自己阿里安娜赫芬顿 105
9.TimingThe Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed时机成功创业的关键比尔格罗斯 119
■学界精英
10.You Can Live Your Dream活出自己的梦想马特乌什 131
11.The Future Self未来的自己丹吉伯特 139
12.Believing That You Can Improve相信自己可以进步卡罗尔 德韦克 149
13.The Hidden Power of Smiling微笑背后的力量罗恩古特曼 159
14.Why You will Fail to Have a Great Career为何你无法成就伟业拉里史密斯 169
15.The Possibilities are Endlessly Yours无限可能皆属于你约翰西雷布朗 183
16.Our Compass to Steer By Excerpt前进的方向(节选)德鲁吉尔平福斯特 193
17.To be Enlarged承担更多的责任德鲁吉尔平福斯特 203
18.Five Ways to Kill Your Dreams梦想无法实现的5种原因贝拉佩谢 217
19.The Day When I Stand Up Alone我独自挺身而出的那一天波尼费斯姆旺吉 225■政界精英
20.Dare to Risk the Limits of Youth敢于冒险,青春无极限约翰菲利普斯 235
21.A Thousand-li Journey Begins with the First Step千里之行,始于足下克里斯汀拉加德 247
22.Flourish in Life怒放的生命阿图葛文德 267
23.Light Up Your Future Excerpt点亮你的前程(节选)南希佩洛西 281
■文艺界精英
24.Value Your Time珍惜时间艾伦艾尔达 293
25.Simple Secrets to a Happy Life幸福人生的简单秘诀安娜昆德兰 307
26.Take the Road Less Traveled by and Enjoy the Extraordinary Scenery走少有人走的路,欣赏不同寻常的风景梅雷迪思维埃拉 317
27.Be an Opportunity Maker创造机会,实现共赢凯儿安德森 335
28.Thirteen Lessons Shared in Life人生十三讲马修麦康纳 343
29.Four to Score in Life迈向成功四步走波姬小丝 381
30.Define Your Success定义自己的成功玛莎拉达兹 397
31.Inexperience is Your Asset经验不足亦是你的财富娜塔莉波特曼 411
Dare to Pursue Success
Ruth OwadesCommencement Address at Scripps CollegeMay 18, 2013
What would we all do, if we acknowledged our fear, embraced it, deciphered it, and then cast it away, moving well beyond it?
Good Afternoon! President Bettison-Varga, trustees, faculty, parents, friends and graduating seniors. It is an extraordinary honor to be on this podium todayand to look out at Elm Tree Lawn, at 200 accomplished, conf?ident, dynamic, Scripps women. Brava to the Class of 2013!First and foremost, I commend you on the decision you made four years ago to attend this very special place and become The Scripps Class of 2013. And, parents, I applaud you for supporting that decisionemotionally and f?inancially. You have made a wise investment.As I look back on my own education and business career, I know that coming to Scripps College was the most important decision I made; and it was by no means obvious that this would be possible. My father died when I was a child and my immigrant mother struggled to f?ind work and raise my brother and me. I held after-school jobs from the time I was 12. So I knew there were no funds for college. Luckily, I have a brilliant older brother whom I idolized. He had won a big scholarship to Caltech, inspiring me to at least try for the college education I dreamed about. When I learned that I had been accepted and awarded the largest scholarship Scripps had ever offered, I felt like Cinderella trying on the glass slippereverything was possible. For me, Scrippswith its Humanities Program, small classes, superb faculty, beautiful campus and Denison Librarywas a dream come true.What a joy it is for me to have funded an endowed scholarship to enable young women like me to attend Scripps now. These days when a friend wants to offer me a gift for a special occasion, I ask instead for a contribution to my scholarship fund. There is no greater gift.You may be surprised to learn that when I arrived on this campus as a freshman, I was overcome with fear that I couldnt make the gradeacademically or socially. Everyone else seemed so smart and sophisticated and had attended great prep schools or very good public schools.I had graduated from a public high school in East LA where only a handful of our graduating class of 120 went on to college. And, if that werent enough to undermine my conf?idence, it seemed that everyone had such fabulous clothes! I had never seen so many cashmere sweaters. I realized then, and many times since, that fear could paralyze me or it could propel me forward.I decided that I should try to meet with the professor who oversaw our Humanities Program. Dr. Robert Palmer was the most imposing and awe-inspiring academic any of us had ever encounteredquoting Homer and Aristotle regularly.I told him that I was having trouble weaving together all the threads of our Humanities lectures and I needed help. I half expected him to order me out of his off?ice and tell me, You dont belong at Scripps, Ruth. But he didnt say that. He suggested that I get a group of 4 or 5 of my freshman friends together and we could meet once a week in his off?ice to review the weeks lectures and readings. And so we did.Every Tuesday at 4 p.m. my friends and I would go to Dr. Palmers off?ice and sit at the feet of the master, soaking up his brilliance and his insights. Clearly, if I hadnt been so afraid of failing and if I hadnt pushed through my fear to ask for help, I never wouldve learned what I did.My friend Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, describes a large poster there that reads: What would you do if you werent afraid? I would rephrase that question just a bit, to ask: What would we all do, if we acknowledged our fear, embraced it, deciphered it, and then cast it away, moving well beyond it?My high school didnt teach French and I was determined to learn it, so at Scripps I studied Comparative Literature and French. I dreamed of winning a graduate grant to study in France. I had become enamored of French theatre and playwrights.At the beginning of my senior year, I learned about the Fulbright program① and went to see Dr. Palmer, now my advisor. I told him that I wanted to apply for a Fulbright grant to study French theatre. He looked at me with empathy and explained the reasons this was an unlikely scenario.First, we had not yet seen a Fulbright winner on campus, so history was not on my side. Dr. Palmer told me that these grants were awarded geographically by state and California had more than its share of accomplished applicants. Second, fewer awards went to girls thankfully, this has changed!. And third, and Ill never forget the look in Dr. Palmers eyes as he told me, Ruth, everyone wants to go to France. Cant you pick a less desirable country? Well, of course I couldnt! How could I study French theatre in another country?I left his off?ice dejected, wondering what to do. The application was daunting. The next morning I knewthat if I didnt apply, I would certainly not get the grant. I had to try. For me, tenacity was becoming a key component of success.My Fulbright year in France was glorious! I was in Paris and Strasbourg, studying with the playwright Ionesco, a master of the theatre of the absurd.I want to take a moment now to congratulate the 8 Fulbright Scholars in The Scripps Class of 2013! We are so proud of you!I am a f?irm believer in the value of a liberal arts educationb as a basis for whatever path you chose. Certainly, that was one of the reasons I plunged ahead a few years later and applied to the Harvard Business School. I knew I didnt have all the requirements, but I had faced that situation before. I was accepted.My f?irst day there, the Dean of Admissions called me in. He told me that I was part of an experimental group. For the f?irst time, the Dean said, were admitting 3% of the class with a purely liberal arts education. Were calling you the Poets. You dont actually meet the entrance criteria, but we think you have promise.Only 10% of my business school class was women and that made it tough too. It was clear to me that to succeed, I needed to make the most of my strengths and try to overcome my weaknesses. My Scripps grounding was a constant resource. It was here that I gained the self-conf?idence to compete, where I learned the skills to analyze and synthesize data, to deal with ambiguity and to take risks. And, perhaps most importantly, it was here that I learned to ask questions and to express myself clearly. So, just maybe, being a Poet at Harvard Business School could be an advantage.Today at Harvard Business School, more than 40% of the entering classes have liberal arts educations and 40% of the classes are women. Many of us have worked hard to make that happen.I had no intention of becoming an entrepreneur when I f?inished business school, but circumstance intervened. I was hired as marketing director for a large retail conglomerate in Boston. There I had the idea for a catalog of garden tools and accessories, which hadnt been done before. The chairman was enthusiastic about my concept and gave me the green light.But, after 6 months of my energetic activity, the 9 male division presidents were letting the chairman know that they werent happy that he had hired the f?irst woman manager and she was starting something new and different.My catalog was canceled. I was devastated. I held it together that awful day at the off?ice until I got home that evening and told my husband what had happened. He waited until I f?inished and then he asked an important question: Why dont we do it? He really meant, Why dont you do it? He had a full-time job. But he was smart enough to know that changing that pronoun made me feel better about the enormous challenge that lay ahead.So, once again, I started out on a new, scary adventure. I named the company Gardeners Eden and started it on a shoestring. But after just 3 years, Williams-Sonoma called to ask if I would be interested in selling the company and relocating to San Francisco, where they were headquartered. They would provide the resources to build the business.My husband and I moved to the Bay Area and I ran Gardeners Eden for Williams-Sonoma for 5 years, building the catalog business, expanding it into e-commerce and opening retail stores. And, then I decided it was time for a change.I took a year off, during which I conceived of the idea to start a fresh flower catalog and e-commerce business. I liked gardening, but I loved flowers. The floral industry had a cumbersome chain of distribution. I wanted to shortcut it and eliminate the middlemen by shipping the flowers direct from the grower to the consumer by Federal Express, saving time and saving money.I would call it Calyx Corolla2 botanical parts of the flower. Many so-called experts in the f?ield told me that I was doomed to fail. But, by then I knew that if I didnt try, I would always wonder if the concept was viable. And, if it failedit was OK; at least I had tried.Calyx Corolla was hugely challenging. We overcame obstacles I never imagined existed. But we learned to ship these fragile, perishable and beautiful blossoms through a partnership with the best growers and FedEx. And, today, most of the flowers in the US are sold and shipped in the way we pioneered.My small management team was tight-knit, smart and enthusiastic, and they were women. We worked very hard, but we had a great time doing it. I sold Calyx Corolla to a f?inancial group 10 years later.I currently serve on corporate boards and have for a number of years. When I began, I was the only woman in the boardroom; now I am one of 2 or 3. We still have a long way to go to achieve parity in the boardroom and in the business world as a whole. The Scripps Class of 2013, my generation is counting on all of you to continue breaking down barriers across all the professions.Our Founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, was passionate about education for women. In the mid 1800s, she put herself through a few years of college and earned a certif?icatewomen were not entitled to a 4-year education or a college diploma. Ms. Scripps never forgot this.Her 2 brothers were in the newspaper business, but she was the power and the brains of that business. The Scripps newspaper chain was an enormous success and eventually made Ms. Scripps a wealthy woman. She believed wholeheartedly that her fortune should be used for the public good. What a role model!In 1926, Ellen Browning Scripps founded our college. She wanted women to have the same opportunity to learn as men. And, when people ask you why you chose a womens college, you might tell them that we didnt choose just any womens college; we chose this one.Our founders English roots inspired her to embrace the concept of an Oxford-like campus, with multiple colleges sharing facilities and students sharing ideas. So the women she cared so much about would have the benef?it of a co-ed environment, but thrive in small classes and immersion in the Humanities that would be uniquely ours. Ms. Scripps was smart enough to purchase much of the land on which the Claremont Collegescnow stand.Her extraordinary philanthropy also created the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the Scripps Clinic and Hospital, the Scripps Aquarium, the Bishops School, Torrey Pines State Park and so many public institutions of culture in her home town of La Jolla. In 1926, Ellen Browning Scripps was featured on the cover of Time magazine! Not bad!I think Ms. Scripps would be very pleased that the future of our beloved college is in the hands of our visionary president, Lori Bettison-Varga. And, I think Ms. Scripps would be thrilled at your accomplishmentsyou The Scripps Class of 2013!When we arrive on this campus, we learn the school motto, Incipit Vita NovaHere Begins Your New Life. Those words were appropriate for you 4 years ago and they are appropriate today. Commencement is a beginning.At Scripps you have laid the foundation for the next chapter of your lifewhether it is in the Boardroom or the Operating Room, the Classroom or the Courtroom and always the Family Roomknow that you are well prepared to achieve your dreams.And, one more thing, please look around you now, to your left and to your right, at your friends and classmates. Right here is one of the greatest gifts of these 4 years. I am amazed and so happy that I am still close to 12 Scripps classmates and there were only 68 in our class. And, some of these precious friends are here today.To The Scripps Class of 2013, thank you for letting me share this special day with you. Incipit Vita Novad! Here begins your new life.Congratulations!
勇于追求成功
鲁思奥维德斯斯克利普斯学院毕业典礼演讲2013年5月18日
如果我们承认自己的恐惧,接受自己的恐惧,破解自己的恐惧,然后摆脱恐惧,勇敢前行,我们会做什么?
贝蒂森瓦尔加校长、各位理事、全体教职员工、家长们、朋友们、大四毕业生们,下午好!今天能站在这个讲台上是一项殊荣在台上眺望榆树草坪,我看到了200名斯克利普斯学院的女生,她们学有所成,充满自信,活力四射。向2013届的毕业生们喝彩!首先,我要称赞你们在4年前做出决定,来到这个非常特别的地方,成为斯克利普斯学院2013届毕业班的学生。家长们,我也要称赞你们在情感上、资金上支持那个决定。你们的投资很明智。回顾自己的教育和商业生涯,我知道来斯克利普斯学院上学是自己最重要的决定;我上大学的可能性很小,这是显而易见的事。父亲在我小时候就去世了,我的移民母亲为了找工作、养育哥哥和我而奔波操劳。从12岁起,我就在放学后做兼职。因此,我知道自己没有钱上大学。幸运的是,我有一个优秀的哥哥,他是我的偶像。哥哥拿到了加州理工大学的一大笔奖学金,在这件事的激励下,我至少要争取一下自己梦寐以求的大学教育。当我听说自己获得了斯克利普斯学院给出的最高奖学金时,我感觉自己就像正在试穿水晶鞋的灰姑娘对我而言,一切皆有可能。在我看来,拥有人文学科课程、小班化教学、一流教职员工、美丽校园以及丹尼森图书馆的斯克利普斯学院就像一个成真的美梦。为了让和我一样的年轻女性现在上得起斯克利普斯学院,我出资设立了一项奖学金,这真是一件乐事!这几天,因为一个特殊的场合,一位朋友想要送给我一份礼物,我让朋友为我的奖学金基金捐了一笔钱。没有比这更棒的礼物了!这件事可能会让大家很惊讶:当我以新生身份来到这座校园时,我心里很害怕自己学习成绩不合格、社交分数不达标。别的同学看起来既聪明,又有社会经验,他们也都上过很好的预科学校或公立学校。我毕业于洛杉矶东部的一所公立高中。在我们那一届120名毕业生中,只有几个人上了大学。如果那还不足以打击我的自信心的话,斯克利普斯学院每一个学生的穿着还都那么光鲜!我从来没见过那么多羊绒衫!在那时以及那之后的许多时候,我意识到了恐惧可以让我陷入瘫痪状态,也可以促使我向前。我决定要去见见监督人文学科课程的教授。在我们见过的学者中,罗伯特帕尔默博士是最令人印象深刻、肃然起敬的一位,他会时不时地引用荷马和亚里士多德的话。我告诉帕尔默博士自己很难将人文学科课程的所有知识点串联在一起,我需要帮助。我以为他会叫我走出办公室,然后说:鲁思,你不属于斯克利普斯学院。但他没有那么说,而是建议我组织四五个大一新生好友,成立一个小组,每周在他的办公室里聚一次,复习本周上过的课、读过的书。我们就这样做了。每周二下午4点,我和朋友们都会去帕尔默博士的办公室,追随这位大师,吸收他的才华与见解。显然,如果我不是那么害怕失败,如果我没有克服恐惧、寻求帮助,我就掌握不了那么多知识。我的朋友、脸谱网的首席运营官雪莉桑德伯格曾描述过帕尔默博士办公室里的一张大海报,上面写道:如果你无所畏惧,你会做什么?我把那个问题改编了一下:如果我们承认自己的恐惧,接受自己的恐惧,破解自己的恐惧,然后摆脱恐惧,勇敢前行,我们会做什么?我的高中不教法语,而我决心学习法语,所以在斯克利普斯学院,我学习的是比较文学与法语。我梦想能赢得一笔研究生助学金,去法国学习。我对法国的剧院和戏剧着了迷。大四学年之初,我知道了富布莱特项目,然后就去见帕尔默博士,他现在是我的导师了。我告诉他自己想申请富布莱特补助金,去学习法国戏剧。帕尔默博士关切地看着我,向我解释了为什么这是个不可能实现的方案。首先,我们没有在这所学校的校园里看到一位富布莱特补助金获得者,所以历史没有站在我这一边。帕尔默博士告诉我富布莱特补助金是按照各个州的地理分布发放的,而加利福尼亚州有太多杰出的申请者。其次,获得富布莱特补助金的女生就更少了(谢天谢地,现在不是这样了!)。第三,帕尔默博士告诉我:鲁思,人人都想去法国。你就不能挑一个不那么热门的国家吗?我永远忘不了他说这句话时的眼神。好吧,我当然不能!我怎么能在另外一个国家学习法语?我垂头丧气地离开他的办公室,不知道该做什么。申请补助金令人望而却步。第二天早晨,我反应了过来:如果不申请,我就肯定拿不到补助金。我必须要试一试。不屈不挠成了我成功的关键因素。我在法国参加富布莱特项目的一年过得精彩极了!我在巴黎和斯特拉斯堡跟随剧作家尤涅斯科学习,他是一位荒谬剧大师。现在,我想抽出时间来祝贺斯克利普斯学院2013届毕业生中的8位富布莱特补助金获得者!我们以你们为豪!我坚信博雅教育的价值在于不管你们选择哪条路,它都为你们打好了基础。当然,这也是我几年之后冒险申请哈佛商学院的一个原因。我知道自己并不是所有的要求都符合,但我以前也遇到过这种情况。我被哈佛商学院录取了。我到哈佛的第一天,招生办主任就让我去见他。他告诉我,我是实验组的成员。招生办主任说:我们第一次招收了3%接受的完全是博雅教育的学生。我们叫你们诗人。你们并不完全符合录取标准,但我们认为你们有潜质。在我哈佛商学院的班里,只有10%的学生是女生,这就更加难办了。显而易见,要想成功,我需要充分发挥自己的优势,试着克服自己的弱点。我在斯克利普斯学院打下的基础永远都是我的一笔财富。就是在这所学校,我获得了竞争的自信,掌握了分析、合成数据的技巧,学会了如何应对不确定性,学会了冒险。就是在这所学校,我学会了提问,学会了清晰地表达自己的想法。因此,在哈佛商学院做诗人可能也是一个优势。如今,40%以上的入学新生都曾接受过博雅教育,40%的新生是女生。许多人都为之付出了努力。念完商学院后,我无意成为一名企业家,但在机缘巧合之下,我受聘成为波士顿一家大型零售集团公司的营销经理。在那里,我萌生了为园艺工具和配饰制作目录图册的想法。这家公司以前从来没有这样做过。董事长对我的理念很感兴趣,于是就给我开了绿灯。但在我热火朝天地干了6个月之后,9位男性部门经理告诉董事长,他们对他第一次雇用女经理的做法很不满,也不愿让她着手做新奇、与众不同的事。我的目录图册被取消了。我备受打击,在办公室撑过了那糟糕的一天,直到傍晚回到家,告诉丈夫发生了什么事。等到我说完,丈夫才问了一个重要的问题:为什么我们不做这件事?他的真正意思是:为什么你不去做这件事?丈夫有一份全职工作,但他足够聪明,知道改变代词能让我更加从容地应对前方的巨大挑战。因此,我又一次踏上了全新、可怕的冒险旅程。我用极少的资金创办了一家公司,将它命名为园丁的伊甸园。仅仅3年之后,威廉姆斯索诺马家居用品零售公司打来电话,问我有没有兴趣出售公司,将公司迁至他们总部所在的旧金山。他们愿意提供建设公司的资源。我和丈夫搬到了海湾地区。我为威廉姆斯索诺马家居用品零售公司经营了5年园丁的伊甸园,打理目录图册业务,将业务拓展到了电子商务领域,还开了几家零售店。之后,我决定是时候做出改变了。我请了一年的假。在此期间,我构思了一家鲜花目录图册公司。我喜欢园艺,但我也爱花。鲜花行业的配送环节十分繁琐,我想走一个捷径,将中间人砍掉,通过联邦快递,直接把花从种植者那里运到顾客手中,从而节省时间,节约成本。我以花的两个植物组成部分来命名这家公司花萼与花冠。鲜花行业许多所谓的专家都说我注定要失败。然而,这个时候我已经知道了如果自己不试一试,我就总想知道这个点子是否行得通。如果我失败了也没什么,至少我曾经尝试过。经营花萼与花冠公司极具挑战性,我们克服了之前从未想过的困难。然而,我们学会了怎样与最好的种植者、联邦快递达成伙伴关系,将脆弱、易凋零的美丽花朵运出去。如今,在美国,大多数的鲜花都以我们开创的方式出售、运输。我的管理小团队是由女性组成的,她们亲密,聪明,热情。我们工作得很辛苦,但我们很享受这一过程。10年之后,我把花萼与花冠公司卖给了一家财团。现在,我在好几家公司的董事会任职,这种状况已经持续了好几年。开始时,我是董事会会议室里的唯一女性,现在我是两三位女性中的一位。为了在董事会以及整个商业世界实现平等,我们还有很长一段路要走。斯克利普斯学院2013届的毕业生们,我们这代人就指望你们所有的人破除各个职业的壁垒了。这所学校的创始人艾伦布朗宁斯克利普斯十分热衷于女性教育事业。19世纪中期,她在大学里待了几年,获得了一个证书那时女人不能接受4年的大学教育,也拿不到大学毕业证书。斯克利普斯女士从来没有忘记这一点。斯克利普斯女士的两个哥哥也在报纸行业工作,但她才是出力、出点子的那个人。斯克利普斯报纸产业链获得了巨大成功,最终让斯克利普斯女士成了一个富有的女人。她真心诚意地相信自己的财富应该用于公益事业。真是一位楷模!1926年,艾伦布朗宁斯克利普斯创建了这所学校,她想让女人和男人拥有同样的学习机会。当有人问你们为什么选择了一所女子学院时,你们可以告诉他们我们不是随便选择了一所女子学院,而是选择了这所女子学院。我们创始人的英国血统促使她采用了牛津式校园的理念:几所院校共享设施,学生们互相交流想法。这样,她深深关心的女生就既能受益于男女同校的环境,又能在小课堂里茁壮成长,专心学习我们特有的人文学科。斯克利普斯女士足够聪明,她买下了克莱尔蒙特学院联盟现在所占据的大部分土地。她的慈善壮举还包括创建斯克里普斯海洋学研究所、斯克里普斯诊所和医院、斯克里普斯水族馆、毕夏普学校、托里针叶松州立公园以及在她家乡拉荷亚创建许多公共文化机构。1926年,艾伦布朗宁斯克利普斯登上了《时代周刊》的封面!不错嘛!我想斯克利普斯女士会很高兴地看到我们热爱的学校的未来掌握在了富有远见卓识的洛丽贝蒂森瓦尔加校长手中。斯克利普斯女士也会很高兴地看到你们斯克利普斯学院2013届毕业生们所取得的成就!当我们来到这所学校时,我们得知这所学校的校训是拉丁文在这里开启你们的新生活的意思。4年前,这句校训对你们而言很恰当;现在,这句校训对你们而言也很恰当。毕业典礼是一个开端。在斯克利普斯学院,你们为人生的下一个篇章打下了基础不管是在董事会会议室、手术室,还是在教室、法庭以及必不可少的家庭活动室,你们都知道自己为实现梦想做好了准备。还有一件事,现在请环顾你们的四周,向左看,向右看,看看你们的朋友和同学。我很惊讶、很高兴地发现我仍然和斯克利普斯学院的12名同学(我们班只有68个人)联系紧密。一些珍贵的朋友今天也来到了这里。斯克利普斯学院2013届的毕业生们,谢谢你们让我与你们一同度过这个特殊的日子!你们的新生活开始了!你们的新生活开始了啦!祝贺大家!
[About the Author]鲁思奥维德斯是美国的一位女企业家,她思路新颖,眼光独到,曾成功创办过多家公司。奥维德斯女士创办的两家公司都入选了哈佛商学院的教学案例。在这篇演讲中,奥维德斯女士鼓励毕业生们要敢于尝试,勇于追求成功。
[Background of the Speech]斯克利普斯学院是美国一所排名靠前的文理学院,同时也是克莱尔蒙特学院联盟的成员。校园风景优美,气候终年温暖湿润,距离洛杉矶两个小时的车程。斯克利普斯学院虽然规模较小,但学术气息浓厚。学校实行小班化授课,教授可以对学生进行单独辅导,从而保证了教学质量。
[Notes]①Fulbright program:富布赖特项目,世界上规模最大、声誉最高的国际教育交流计划之一,由美国政府资助,设立于1946年。②liberal arts education:博雅教育。博雅教育致力于培养学生的应变能力、学习能力、批判思考能力、创造能力以及健全的人格。博雅教育的教学重点并不在于内容与科目的设置与安排,而在于教与学的过程。这是因为,教学内容会过时,专业技能会过时,在教学过程中给予学生的经验、学习能力却永远不会过时。③Claremont Colleges:克莱尔蒙特学院联盟,成员包括斯克利普斯学院、波莫纳学院、克莱蒙麦肯纳学院、哈维穆德学院和匹泽学院。这5所学校共享教学设施,学生们可以互选课程。④Incipit Vita Nova:斯克利普斯学院的拉丁文校训,意思是你们的新生活开始了。(葛燕君)