also serve as their academic advisers, in intensive study of a topic of hopefully mutual interest. Interdisciplinary study became a focus of the curriculum, with the creation of majors in neuroscience and minors in such fields as American studies and museology, dance, and writing.
In 1984, psychology professors Philip Jensen and Richard Detweiler led an effort to provide a personal computer and application software to all incoming freshman, a program called the Computer Initiative. Drew was the first liberal arts college to have such a requirement. The Computer Initiative differentiated Drew from other liberal arts colleges, and continued until 2012, by which time most entering students had their own computers or wished to select their own model.
After serving two terms as New Jersey's 48th governor, Thomas Kean was appointed Drew's tenth president in 1990. He served for 15 years before retiring in 2005. As president, Kean raised Drew's profile, oversaw fundraising efforts that tripled its endowment, added new …
