The Portfolio System is meant to encourage the student to develop and put into practice those skills and capacities that a liberal arts education provides. 

Working closely with a faculty advisor, each student engages in an ongoing and structured dialogue about formal and informal learning experiences as well as educational and post-baccalaureate goals and the curricular path that would best meet those goals. A set of requirements supports this dialogue, each tied to a specific learning outcome.  The learning outcomes of the new Portfolio are:

• Reflecting on and articulating formal and informal learning experiences as they relate to the College mission;
• Developing the skills of articulate self-reflection and critical self-assessment.

Ultimately, the Portfolio reflects a student’s entire college career; it is both a system of planning and assessment and a repository for the student’s best work.

The goals of the Portfolio are:

• Becoming an active and responsible advocate for one’s own education; 
• Examinating and integrating the mission of Manhattanville College into curricular and extracurricular choices.

It is our hope that students will embrace these goals and use this ePortfolio as a tool to develop an intellectual identity to be shared with friends, family, colleagues and potential employers.

Additional information about the Portfolio System can be found here on the Manhattanville website.