Hampshire College

Hampshire College
Motto"Non satis scire"
Motto in English
"To Know Is Not Enough"
Typeprivate liberal arts college
Established1965
AccreditationNECHE
Endowment$54.5 million (2022)[1]
Budget$35.7 million[1]
PresidentEdward Wingenbach
Academic staff
145 (Fall 2018)[2]
Administrative staff
115
Undergraduates508 (2022–2023)[1]
Location, ,
United States

42°19′30″N 72°31′51″W / 42.3249°N 72.5308°W / 42.3249; -72.5308
CampusRural, 800 acres (3.2 km2)
ColorsTeal, black, forest green, gold        
AffiliationsFive College Consortium
CLAC
Project Pericles
NAICU
AICUM
Websitehampshire.edu

Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Together they are known as the Five College Consortium. The campus also houses the National Yiddish Book Center and Eric Carle Museum, and hosts the annual Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics.

The college utilizes an alternative curriculum, with an emphasis on progressive pedagogy and self-directed academic concentrations, a focus on portfolios rather than distribution requirements, and a reliance on narrative evaluations instead of grades and GPAs.

In January 2019, following the announcement that the college would seek a merger with another institution, the college received backlash from students and faculty and announced a re-envisioning project to ensure the college remain independent and sustainable.[3][4] As a result of the controversy, President Miriam Nelson stepped down; Hampshire hired its tenth president, Edward Wingenbach, beginning an effort to revise the curriculum in order to increase interdisciplinarity, collaboration, and access.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b c "Hampshire at a Glance". Hampshire College. 2022.
  2. ^ "Common Data Set 2018–2019, Part I" (PDF). Hampshire College.
  3. ^ Krantz, Laura (January 15, 2019). "Hampshire College, facing financial pressure, considers merger". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "Important Message from President Nelson". hampshire.edu. January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "The downfall of Hampshire College and the broken business model of American higher education". The Washington Post. October 21, 2019. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  6. ^ Seltzer, Rick; Jaschik, Scott (February 1, 2019). "Hampshire Won't Admit More Students". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  7. ^ Loisel, Laurie (April 12, 2019). "Hampshire College hopes to admit freshmen next spring". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

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