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The idea for Hampshire College originated in 1958 when the presidents of Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst appointed a committee to examine the assumptions and practices of liberal arts education.
The idea for Hampshire originated in 1958 when the presidents of Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, as well as the University of Massachusetts Amherst, appointed a committee to reexamine the assumptions and practices of liberal arts education.
Why don't we start with how you first became involved with Hampshire College? Robert Birney: My involvement with the idea of the college occurred in 1958, in the summer, when the four college representatives who wrote the New College Plan did so at the Amherst College campus.
At Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and the University of Massachusetts, in the academic year 1959-60, twelve faculty members tried out changes in their teaching procedures designed to promote student initiative and independence.
Feb 27, 2019 · A $6 million gift (worth more than $48 million today) from a wealthy Amherst graduate launched Hampshire College in 1965. It allowed for the acquisition of a site for the school and, along with...
- Ellen Fitzpatrick
The idea to establish Hampshire College was drafted in 1958 by the presidents of Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts. As an outcome of the effort, the college opened its door for classes in 1970.
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The idea of Hampshire was first committed to paper in 1958 when four colleges in western Massa-chusetts came together to shape the ideas for a near-by fifth college that would be a testing ground for innovative educational ideas. (In 1966, the first president, Franklin Patterson, published a blueprint document, The Making of a College.) There ...
