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College delays textbook program
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Admin delays textbook program

College delays textbook program Students won’t see an increase in tuition this fall for the textbook program, which has been delayed, according to an email sent Monday morning from Provost Christopher VanOrman. The new system would have provided students with textbooks through a third-party provider called Slingshot, paid for by small tuition increases. To fund...

Local leaders speak at Hillsdale March for Life
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Local leaders speak at Hillsdale March for Life

Nearly 40 pro-life community leaders and residents gathered for the annual Hillsdale March for Life in front of the Hillsdale County Courthouse on Jan. 20. “We were praying for the last two years for the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and now, with that decision, it went to the states,” College Director of Financial Aid...

College to include textbooks in tuition
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College to include textbooks in tuition

Hillsdale students will skip the semesterly search for the lowest textbook prices starting fall 2023 as the college will begin including class materials in the price of tuition.  “Students and their parents will no longer need to spend time and energy tracking down every book for their classes,” said Doug Banbury, Hillsdale’s vice president for...

Radio Free Hillsdale Hour triples yearly downloads
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Radio Free Hillsdale Hour triples yearly downloads

“The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour,” Hillsdale College’s national radio show, surpassed 1 million downloads in 2022.   The weekly show features interviews with Hillsdale faculty and staff, friends of the college, and sometimes alumni and students, said Scot Bertram, host of the show and general manager of Radio Free Hillsdale.  The 1.2 million downloads in 2022...

College delays textbook program
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Admissions accepts fewer transfer students

Twelve students joined Hillsdale College for the spring semester, a number slightly lower than previous years, Admissions Counselor Ben Strickland said. “We’re restricted by the number of beds that we have and the space that we have,” Strickland said. While the number of transfer students usually is in the high teens, the acceptance rate remained...