The Mackinac Center for Public Policy released a survey on Jan. 21 that evaluated the growth in contracting support services in Michigan public schools. The survey indicated that the amount of private contracts in Michigan public schools has increased since 2001. Author and policy analyst James Hohman broke the survey down into three categories of...
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February 20, 2014July 12, 2022City News
College emergency response team partners with city
A core group of Hillsdale College students meet every other week to train how to handle crisis. Hillsdale Emergency Action Response Team formed last fall after the college administration suggested the idea. The goal was to develop an emergency response team of Hillsdale College students to respond to emergencies on the campus and immediate surrounding...
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February 16, 2014July 12, 2022Features
Together Again
Whether it was sports, science, attending college, or joining a fraternity, the Homans have done everything together. But when it came to college, the Homans didn’t follow the same route. Jared Homan chose to attend John Carroll University for a year and a half, but now he is back at Hillsdale. The Homans have been...
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February 16, 2014July 12, 2022Features
Next Level Learning
On a busy Tuesday night at Broad Street Market and Tavern, a group of young adults and Hillsdale College politics professor Kevin Slack fill up a table. They’re all students at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, pursuing either Masters or doctorates, and they’ve just come from Slack’s “Liberalism and Modern Progressivism” course. Post-class...
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February 16, 2014July 12, 2022Features
The good dogs
Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn does not usually send campus emails. In the past year, Hillsdale’s commander-in-chief sent only two. Both regarded the rascally escapades of his playful boxer, Gus. “Gus, as foolish as he is handsome, has escaped from our back garden. He is a brown and white boxer, eight months old, very friendly....