This academic year marks the expansion of Hillsdale College’s Barney Charter School Initiative to 16 schools, spreading a classical curriculum to more and more communities. But in some poorer neighborhoods in Texas, some families have found it difficult to afford the uniforms required for students to attend the classical academies. Matthew Stone ’10, the headmaster at Founders Classical Academy at...
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Career services offers chance to explore Detroit
Affordable housing and increased investment in the city of Detroit have made it a hotspot for young professionals in recent years. And Hillsdale College’s career services office is offering the opportunity for students to see what it’s like to live and work in the Motor City Jan. 16-17, 2017. For the third “Living and Working” event of the academic year,...
Hillsdale less expensive than peer schools
Over the last decade, HIllsdale’s costs have risen approximately 3-4 percent annually. Despite the trend, Hillsdale has kept its tuition costs significantly lower than its competitors, even though it refuses to accept federal funds.
Saturday’s orchestra concert canceled
Music department chairman James Holleman canceled Saturday’s orchestra concert on Monday to preserve the balance non-music majors hold between their musical commitments and academic priorities. Holleman said the orchestra expressed positivity and a sense of relief when he announced the cancellation. Considering many members of the orchestra participated in Handel’s “Messiah” for the performances this past Friday through Sunday, Holleman...
Dirt to display: Meet ‘Linda’ the dino
Hillsdale College became one of four places in Michigan to display a full dinosaur skeleton Friday with the addition of an edmontosaurus to the Daniel M. Fisk Museum of Natural History in the Strosacker Science Center. The nearly complete remains, nicknamed “Linda” for the woman who found the fossil, is a donation from dinosaur-enthusiast Darla Roberts, who Professor of Biology...
Trump chooses DeVos over Arnn for Education Secretary
Despite confirmation from politicos that Arnn was on President-elect Donald Trump’s shortlist for secretary of education, Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn said he was put at ease when Trump ultimately chose Michigan native Betsy DeVos Nov. 23. “I had various discussions with various people along the way and thought [her selection] was likely,” Arnn said in an email to The...
Security tests alert messaging system
Hillsdale College’s campus security office sent a mass alert to students and faculty to test its outreach notification system Nov. 4. Although the system has been in place for several years, security routinely tests it to ensure that it is functioning properly. “I’m continually seeking to improve the college’s mass alert system,” Director of Campus Security Bill Whorley said. The...
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