Damn:
"As a result, the Board of Trustees voted to permanently close Hampshire College following the fall 2026 semester."
This is not what our world needs. We need more institutions like Hampshire College, not less. This is deeply sad.
A message from President Jennifer Chrisler and the Board of TrusteesSeven years ago, the Hampshire community presented the College with a powerful mandate: to maintain independence and remain true to Hampshire’s deepest-held values. Since then, we have all worked together toward those goals, facing daunting challenges with the ingenuity and resolve that define the best of what happens here. We left no stone unturned, no solution unexplored, and made many sacrifices along the way.
All part of the #dumbing down of America and #Innovation.
"#Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside‑the‑box options in higher education "
#College #LiberalArts #Technology #Education #Humanities #SocialScience #News #USA
Ruins of Netley Abbey, Hampshire
A room at the south end of the east range with amazing stone vaulting, built during mid C13. It may have been an infirmary or dormitory.
At the same time, #universities regarded as #elite & prominent public #schools receive way more applications than they could ever accept.
“It’s a bifurcated market between the haves & have-nots,” Selingo said. “The question is, how many of the have-nots will follow #Hampshire?”
#education #HigherEducation #LiberalArts #academia #colleges #economy #funding
Part of #Hampshire College’s downfall may also relate to “public discussion in this country about the value of a #LiberalArts #education,” Chrisler said.
“Some of it is a persistent & ill informed, I think, belief at the #federal level that the only value of an education is what you #earn four years after your graduation,” she said.
#HigherEducation #academia #knowledge #colleges #universities #QualityOfLife #worth #value #economy #funding
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