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What Do Blue Jays Say?
… What Do Blue Jays Say? What do blue jays say when they wake up in the morning? In Hampshire College's inquiry-based educational model, student projects often begin with a question. For … morning? In Hampshire College's inquiry-based educational model, student projects often begin with a question. For …
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Professor Andrea Dezsö: "The Metal is Paper"
… to me." "I never really had a studio where you can go up and make a mess," she adds. That "made it possible for me … a medium unfamiliar to her. Still, when Dezsö made a paper model of the station, she realized something. "I can think of … she recalls. "The moment you have a small-scale model made of paper, the metal is paper." "Thinking about it …
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Our Academic Program
… the needs of today’s students and the world. Hampshire’s model educates students for the challenges of jobs, graduate … to college to do something about it. Hampshire is taking up these big problems and figuring out how to address them. …
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ISEP: Africa and Middle East
… and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens … and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens …
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ISEP: South America
… and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens … and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens …
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ISEP: North American & Caribbean
… and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens … and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens …
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Commitment to Diversity
… at the core of our collaborative, creative, inquiry-based model of education because true interdisciplinary pedagogy, … at the core of our collaborative, creative, inquiry-based model of education because true interdisciplinary pedagogy, …
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Hampshire College Events: February and March 2016
… photographer Mary Frey’s exhibit, “Two Projects” Leo Model Gallery, Hampshire College Mary Frey’s exhibition “Two Projects” is on view in the Leo Model Gallery and features Frey’s photographs of taxidermied … two years ago. These formal black and white portraits made up David’s Division III study. Deaf Studies Conference on …
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ISEP: Asia-Pacific
… and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens … and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens …
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ISEP: Europe
… and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens … and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens …
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International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)
… and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens … comparable to a semester on campus. Applicants choose up to 10 universities and are placed at the best option, … and are fully immersed in the host university. This model facilitates intercultural competence and broadens …
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Malama 'Aina:
… Lo‘i (taro patch project), Uka (uplands project), and Wa‘a (sailing canoe project). Through such projects, students … Lo‘i (taro patch project), Uka (uplands project), and Wa‘a (sailing canoe project). Through such projects, students …
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Open-Access Education: Students Win When Schools Team Up
… Open-Access Education: Students Win When Schools Team Up Jonathan Lash Most colleges compete for students, but for … Mount Holyoke, and Smith. I believe this collaborative model is one for education leaders to build on. Many complex … Mount Holyoke, and Smith. I believe this collaborative model is one for education leaders to build on. Many complex …
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Make your own way forward.
… own. You are here Sitewide Search Learn differently. Our model of education is based on transdisciplinary studies — an … giving you a wildly expansive perspective. Our academic model is radical and unique, helping you see the world in all its complexity and possibility. Explore our model Everything you need. At your fingertips. Areas of Study …
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Summer Academic Programs
… geared to meet the challenges ahead than the Hampshire model: experience-based, learner-centered, inquiry-driven. …
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FAQ: For Prospective Students
… as college credit, for Advanced Standing. Students may use up to eight courses and exams as described below. Regular … as evidenced by a college transcript, may be used: For up to three Division I electives approved by both the advisor … a double room, there are two of everything. There is a ceiling light in every room, but it is advisable for students …
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Professor Roosbelinda Cárdenas Explains How the Hampshire Model Enriches Her Teaching
… Professor Roosbelinda Cárdenas Explains How the Hampshire Model Enriches Her Teaching She shares her passion for … Professor Roosbelinda Cárdenas Explains How the Hampshire Model Enriches Her Teaching …
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The Center for Academic Support and Advising (CASA)
The Center for Academic Support and Advising (CASA) The Center for Academic Support and Advising (CASA) provides support and assistance to students and advisors to plan and achieve academic goals. CASA monitors students' academic progress and offers a …
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A Continuing Experiment
… by the ideas behind the Hampshire venture. I drove up; walked the campus; met students, teachers, and trustees; … what can be reported about the connection between our model of teaching and its impact. Clearly it is difficult to … what can be reported about the connection between our model of teaching and its impact. Clearly it is difficult to …
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How a Personalized Curriculum Drove Successful Entrepreneurship
… I created an executive summary of the project, a business model, and a financial model.” During the spring 2018 semester, she worked on … documents she might need to apply for a grant to get start-up funds. Her vision was prescient. Last spring, she entered …
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As Part of Hampshire’s New Educational Model, Narrative Evaluations to be Replaced with Sea Shanties
… As Part of Hampshire’s New Educational Model, Narrative Evaluations to be Replaced with Sea Shanties … of these NESSes, offering the community a chance to kick up their heels and get down to the sound of learning. “What … sang. … As Part of Hampshire’s New Educational Model, Narrative Evaluations to be Replaced with Sea Shanties …
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Smoke Free Hampshire
… to an ongoing process of learning and growth. Our model of social justice includes an emphasis on holistic … to an ongoing process of learning and growth. Our model of social justice includes an emphasis on holistic …
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Create Your Own Education
… College was founded in 1965 to create a completely new model of higher education. Today, we’re more unconventional …
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Commencement Remarks by President Ralph J. Hexter
… he's subtly engineered all along exactly what I come up with-for example, governance review, sudden shifts in … schools, and Amherst's was only the second to try this model. It's been a great success, and as I listened to some … also see this responsibility as involving an obligation to model, for one another as well as for a sometime skeptical, …
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In Conversation with Christoph Cox, Part 1
… about how the new academic program and student experience model was developed? CC: After the events of early 2019 , a … Then you take chemistry. Then whatever. And then you come up with a research project.” It's like BAM! You're in the … about how the new academic program and student experience model was developed? CC: After the events of early 2019 , a …
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