- Mailing Address
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601 Broad St.
LaGrange, Georgia 30240 - Phone
- (706) 880-8005
- Email address
- admissions@lagrange.edu
- Website
- https://www.lagrange.edu/
- School Information
- "LaGrange College has been helping students discover their possibility since 1831. Today, LaGrange is a four-year liberal arts and sciences institution offering more than 50 academic and pre-professional programs. With a student/faculty ratio of 11-to-1, caring professors and a multitude of opportunities—both inside and outside of class—LaGrange offers the resources and support you need to not only uncover your goals, but to reach them" (Source: https://www.lagrange.edu/about/past-and-present/index.html). The total undergraduate enrollment is 750 students.
- General Information
- LaGrange has created a Racial Trustbuilding Initiative. In addition, an Institutional Diversity Plan was created. As part of this plan, the college will provide diversity workshops in addition to related programs and resources. No Critical Race Training is required at this time. See developments below:
Actions Taken
- Program and Research Funding
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On May 12, 2023, in an article titled "Clinical Mental Health Counseling students gain work experience, life skills through volunteer service," it was reported that "Students enrolled in LC’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program take part not only in community service projects, but also professional development trainings and social justice initiatives." According to Dr. Justin Muller, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the CMHC program, "'It's imperative that our students develop a passion and appreciation for assisting others from underserved, marginalized and minority communities'."
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- Resources
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LaGrange has a Racial Trustbuilding Initiative.
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In the summer of 2023, as part of its "Framework for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice," LaGrange's President "formed the LaGrange College Committee on Building a More Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive and Just Community." The committee "exists to coordinate efforts across campus to build and sustain a more equitable community."
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The Counseling Program at LaGrange hosts "Courageous Conversations," which is a "virtual social justice program that provides students opportunities to discuss a number of topics" and students can "openly share their thoughts and opinions on a variety of social justice issues." Topics discussed include "racism" and "colorism."
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- Symbolic Actions
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LaGrange held an event on March 10, 2021 on the subject of "racial inequality, privilege, and community healing facilitated by faculty and students of the CMHC program."
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On June 3, 2020, LaGrange released a statement saying, "We are appalled and saddened by the unconscionable acts of violence that led to the recent deaths of Ahmuad Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. As we mourn in the present and acknowledge the injustices of the past, we must work to find a way forward as a nation—and a campus."
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As part of the "Framework for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice," the college states: "We cannot move forward as an institution without acknowledging the entirety of our history and the roles played by everyone in our community."
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