Hillsdale Preparatory School’s results from a Michigan-wide standardized exam were above state average in all four subjects and improved from last year’s results. The kindergarten to eighth grade classical charter school on W. Mechanic Road had more than 50 percent of the students evaluated at or above proficiency in English language arts and mathematics, according...
Author: Breana Noble (Breana Noble)
New core course offers major benefits
Unlike other classes at Hillsdale College, the new Classical Logic and Rhetoric course doesn’t have a home academic department. Although the speech major’s new name is rhetoric and public address, the new core curriculum class is under COR 150 in the course catalog. That is because logic and rhetoric are at the basis of a...
Hillsdale drops in national rankings
For the first time since 2013, Hillsdale College’s rank, according to U.S. News & World Report, dropped. The 2017 list for the best National Liberal Arts Colleges released this week shows Hillsdale at No. 83, 16 places lower than last year. Preliminary reviews of the ranking’s data and methodology indicate a lower graduation rate in...
Tennis opens season with double wins
Women’s tennis started its season with a boost of confidence after beating Walsh and Ashland universities this weekend. Using the teamwork they developed over the past three weeks, the Chargers left Ohio with wins over Walsh 6-3 on Saturday and over Ashland 8-1 on Sunday. Although the first matches showed the athletes’ hard work paid...
Collegiate Scholars plan Greece return
Hillsdale College’s Collegiate Scholars Program is looking to return to Greece, not Turkey, next summer, after a packed 10-day journey in the Hellenic Republic in May. Students said ancient locations brought The Western Heritage reader to life. That experience and continuing uncertainty in Turkey, led Collegiate Scholars Director Eric Hutchinson to assess a return to...



