Although I tried to do well in high school, I never felt that grades were particularly meaningful to me. Instead of encouraging students to learn and improve, they only seemed to cause my peers to constantly compare themselves to others. In looking for colleges, I was interested in finding a school that focused more on self-fulfillment and on students working collaboratively instead of competing for the highest grade
As Hampshire students, we’re never alone in our endeavors throughout our years on campus. With more than 40 different offices to aid us in our interests, passions, problems, and questions, it’s easy to feel comforted by the level of support all around us.
As a student intern for Hampshire College’s Admissions office, a big question I often get is: Why Hampshire? Why choose to attend a small, experimental liberal arts school in Western Massachusetts? Why, if you are so interested in complex political sciences and larger social change, choose to go to this rural, apparently isolated college?
Will Meyer 10F's Division III, titled "Corporations Writing the News: How Journalism is Morphing into Storytelling," takes a look at some age-old advertising practices that are given a modern twist.
Hampshire College is a top-producing institution for the 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.
As my peer Brigid wrote in a previous post, our school received the 2015 Community Engaged Classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This selective classification is awarded to colleges and universities that instill the importance of working and engaging with local communities through various curricula, programs, and pedagogical philosophies.
Hampshire College has been awarded the 2015 Community Engaged Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The classification is awarded to colleges that “demonstrate significant engagement with and contribute to important community agendas.”
