The Newport Harbor Guide recently published an article written by the  president of Educational Partner-Ships, Caleb Pifer. The article, entitled Sailing to Learn: Learning to Lead, talked about the strong social attributes of sail training, as well as the historic connections that sail training has with the community of Newport, Rhode Island.
http://www.newportharborguide.com/articles/art10_sailingToLearn.html
About the Newport Harbor Guide:
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Mt. Holyoke students chronicled and blogged about their experience aboard the Flagship Niagara. https://pub.mtholyoke.edu/journal/1812voyage 
One of the most powerful quotes is as follows:
So far the voyage has been fantastic. I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst two days before driving to Erie, Pennsylvania. The following two weeks completely changed my life. I feel as though I [...]

June 15, 2010
On Saturday 15 May, seven students from the northwest Pennsylvania schools Allegheny College and Edinboro University set sail on the Flagship Niagara.  For the next three weeks the students – now “sail trainees” – were full members of the ship’s crew, working, eating, and sleeping alongside professional sailors and dedicated volunteers.  In their [...]

Educational Partner-Ships is a proud member of the American Sail Training Association. In addition, Caleb Pifer, president of EPS serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Sail Training Association. The below text is from the U.S. Senate Resolution that officially recognizes the American Sail Training Association as the official body for sail training [...]

Caleb Pifer, President of Educational Partner-Ships and a Trustee at the American Sail Training Association encourages all sailing, education, and tall ship enthusiasts to attend the “Buccaneers Bash” at Newport, Rhode Island’s historic Fort Adams on Saturday, June 26th from 6-9 p.m.
More information on this exciting event can be found at:
http://www.sailtraining.org/events/buccaneersbash.php
The American Sail Training Association [...]

Sailing students
19 May 2010 — Erie Times-News
By VALERIE MYERS
valerie.myers@timesnews.com
Erie’s U.S. Brig Niagara is charting a new course.
Students from several colleges are on board to study Great Lakes and maritime history in an intensive, three-week course. They’re also learning to sail the reproduction 1812 warship, and that is an education in itself, Allegheny College senior Brian Sciulli said. [...]

Some of you might have noticed that the EPS website was down for maintenance. After making routine changes and updates, the site has been re-launched. This process will take place again in the fall as we launch a completely redesigned website.
Thank you for your patience.
- Caleb M. Pifer
President, Educational Partner-Ships
American Foundation for Education Under Sail [...]