THE LOVETT SCHOOL WILL KNOW ITS STUDENTS. We will enroll applicants who can be successful in and contribute to our community, while maintaining an appropriate balance between legacy and non-legacy students. We will address the need to reduce some class sizes and teaching loads, and continue to strengthen the advising system. We will support our students in their searches for the colleges/universities that are the best matches for them.

A sampling of initiatives already underway:
Lovett has increased the faculty in the Upper School and in the offices of the Academic Resource Center (formerly the Learning Lab), Lower School Counseling, and Upper School Academic Affairs. We are particularly proud of the growing diversity of our faculty, as well. The ways in which staff members work has changed, too. For example, the advisory system is being strengthened, and college counselors are better able to respond to the needs of our students.

Other selected strategies:

• Accept no more than 50% of the school's enrollment from legacy categories.
• Develop Middle and Upper School advisory programs into mentorship programs.
• Promote geographic diversity within the college counseling process.
• Determine the effects of gender and social issues upon our learning environment.