Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, to be in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Together they are now known as the Five Colleges.
The College is widely known for its alternative curriculum, its focus on portfolios rather than distribution requirements, and its reliance on narrative evaluations instead of grades and GPAs. It is known particularly for facilitating the study of film, music, theater, and the visual arts. In some fields it is among the top undergraduate institutions in graduate-school enrollment: fifty-six percent of its alumni have at least one graduate degree and it is ranked 30th among all US colleges in the percentage of its graduates who go on to attain a doctorate degree (notably 1st among history doctorates), when adjusted for institutional size.[1] Its School of Cognitive Science was the first interdisciplinary undergraduate program in cognitive science and has few peers.
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I am william doing itil certification .
Yes, the Red Barn is still there! I'm not so sure about the walnut trees... the apple trees out by Bay Rd (near Prescott) got torn down to create the Eric Carle museum, but I don't remember any walnut trees. When were you there? I'm F93.
Hi Kelly, Thanks for the info. The walnut trees were on the side of the main road outside campus, from the Red Barn to the Main Entrance. I entered F92, graduated in January 1997.
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Hampshire College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, to be in association with four other colleges in the Pioneer Valley: Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Together they are now known as the Five Colleges.
The College is widely known for its alternative curriculum, its focus on portfolios rather than distribution requirements, and its reliance on narrative evaluations instead of grades and GPAs. It is known particularly for facilitating the study of film, music, theater, and the visual arts. In some fields it is among the top undergraduate institutions in graduate-school enrollment: fifty-six percent of its alumni have at least one graduate degree and it is ranked 30th among all US colleges in the percentage of its graduates who go on to attain a doctorate degree (notably 1st among history doctorates), when adjusted for institutional size.[1] Its School of Cognitive Science was the first interdisciplinary undergraduate program in cognitive science and has few peers.
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I am william doing itil certification .
Red Barn & Walnut Trees
Yes, the Red Barn is still there! I'm not so sure about the walnut trees... the apple trees out by Bay Rd (near Prescott) got torn down to create the Eric Carle museum, but I don't remember any walnut trees. When were you there? I'm F93.
Seeya!
-Kelly
Walnut Trees
Hi Kelly, Thanks for the info. The walnut trees were on the side of the main road outside campus, from the Red Barn to the Main Entrance. I entered F92, graduated in January 1997.