A progressive college in the Northeast has a proposal for unhappy New College students

[In It to Win It]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/progressive-college-northeast-proposal-unhappy-200705856.html

Hampshire College of Massachusetts, known for its progressive, iconoclastic approach to higher education, is offering admission and a tuition match to all students at New College of Florida, a school with a similar philosophy that is being overhauled by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the conservative leaders he appointed to run it.

“This opportunity is in response to the continuing attacks on New College intended to limit intellectual exploration, turn back progress toward inclusion, and curtail open discussion of race, injustice and histories of oppression,” Hampshire said in a statement dated March 9. “By committing to impose a narrowly politicized curriculum on New College, the newly appointed trustees broke promises made to its current students to support a self-directed, rigorous education grounded in a commitment to free inquiry.”

Hampshire College, a private school in Amherst, Mass., with a fall 2021 undergraduate enrollment of 472 and tuition and fees of $54,812, offered to match the current cost of tuition for New College students who choose to transfer. Alumni include documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and Jon Krakauer, who wrote “Into the Wild,” the best-seller about Chris McCandless, who lived in the wild before his body was found in an abandoned bus in Alaska.

[calimary]

1. Kicking!

I’d love to see other colleges do likewise. And issue press releases about it to draw maximum attention.

[pnwmom]

2. When I read the headline I knew this would be Hampshire. Good for them! nt

[Fla Dem]

3. Good to see Hampshire stepping up to the plate! Hope other's do as well.

[intheflow]

9. Hampshire isn't doing very well financially.

It’s a relatively young college for the area; I want to say it was started in the 1960s or ‘70s. There’s been recent talk of it having to shut down due to lack of enrollment even though former students rave about it. This could be a win for both the students and the college. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Justice]

10. Doing much better now.

https://www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshire-college-closed-nope-no-way-not-long-shot

January of 2022 - A few years after nearly closing its doors, Hampshire College is now more than halfway toward a $60 million fundraising goal that it says will help support a new curriculum model.

[crickets]

4. Love it! Hope some students take them up on it. nt

[BonnieJW]

5. I have 4 teen grand children

I've warned my kids not to send them to red states for college, if they go. Can you imagine if someone gets pregnant and before they can come home for an abortion, they miscarry and can't get a D and C? What if someone has an ectopic pregnancy and can't get surgery before they bleed out? Going to a red state is like going into the wilderness

[Warpy]

6. Everything Ron De Satan touches turns to shit

I'm not sure how well they'll adapt to Amherst winters, they're definitely not for everybody. Pro tip to transferring students: wait until you get there to buy winter gear. Really.

It looks like the only way to get your kids educated is to get them out of Baby Batista's reach.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. De Santis will be happy with this.

It will be a win for him, if progressives leave this state.

[MichMan]

8. Tuition of $55k per year discounted down to $5k

What a deal for their current student body still paying $50k more per year than the New College transfers.

They would be better off to transfer to New College for the winter semester and transfer back to save $50k per year. I would if I was in that situation.

It would be funny as hell if the entire student body did that.

[ismnotwasm]

11. Nice 👍

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Kick this beautiful post back up!