Support for the International Baccalaureate Program
from U.S. Educators
“As
we become more and more of a global society, and our schools represent a
greater diversity of students, it is essential that the schools’ curriculum and
instructional strategies reflect the changing landscape of our educational
environment. To this end, the International Baccalaureate Organization provides
rigorous academic programs and assessments, a high quality teaching staff, and
an unwavering commitment to prepare students to be citizens in an international
community.”
Gerald Tirozzi,
Executive Director
National Assoc. of
Secondary School Principals
“Students
seeking the finest preparation available for an American college should
consider the International Baccalaureate. The IB offers an integrated
curriculum that provides students with the skill needed to be world-class
scholars and an educational philosophy that prepares them to be first-class
citizens. I do not know of a more comprehensive and appropriate learning model.”
Jimm Crowder,
Director of Admissions
Macalester College
“IB
is well known to us for excellent preparations. Success in an IB Program
correlates well with success at Harvard. We are always pleased to see the
credentials of the IB Diploma Program on the transcript.”
Marilyn McGrath Lewis
Director of Undergrad Admission
Harvard University
“The
International Baccalaureate Program’s emphasis on critical thinking skills,
increased content knowledge, and an interdisciplinary approach to education not
only prepares students for success at the post-secondary level, but also for
life and the world of work.”
Kathleen Plato
Supervisor of
Advanced Placement Programs
WA Office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction
“Send
us prepared students a la IB. It is the best high school prep curriculum an
American school can offer.”
Marilee Jones,
Director of Undergrad Admissions
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
“What
makes the International Baccalaureate different from other university entrance
credentials is that it manages to achieve all of a number of different goals.
The full International Baccalaureate is something more than the sum of the
parts...it ensures all the elements of breadth, coherence, basic writing, research
and analytic skills, as well as, in most cases, some practical or community
experience.”
Elizabeth Vermey,
Director of Admissions
Bryn Mawr College
“IB
is a first-rate program and it prepares students for a university like ours.”
Fred Hargadon,
Director of Admissions
Princeton University
“I
have always been a supporter of the International Baccalaureate. It is a
thoughtful and genuinely intellectual curriculum with an unusually high degree
of integrity and connectedness. There is no other curriculum anywhere that does
a superior job of both educating students and inspiring a true and broad-based
love of learning.”
William Shain, Dean
of Undergrad Admissions
Vanderbilt University
“The
educational sophistication that students develop through an experience in an
International Baccalaureate Program will serve them well at Michigan and other
institutions that attract serious students.
Other advantages include an increased degree of self-confidence that
comes from classroom experience with college-level academic material, a sharing
of intellectual activities with the best students of the school, better time
management, more experience with independent study, and a unique experience in
‘learning how to learn’ through the Theory of Knowledge course.”
Cliff Sjogren,
Director of Admissions
University of
Michigan
“One
of the advantages of an IB curriculum is its structure and quality. It is a
coordinated program, well established, well known, and well respected. We know
the quality of IB courses, and we think the IB curriculum is terrific.”
Christopher Guttentag
Director of Undergrad Admissions
Duke University
from, Overview
of the International Baccalaureate in the United States, International
Baccalaureate Organization, 2004