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Classical Liberal Arts
Hillsdale to Offer Graduate Program in Classical Education
Hillsdale College is leading a national push to bring classical education back into American classrooms. The College is now offering a two-year residential master’s program in classical education. Dan Coupland, dean of Hillsdale’s Graduate School of Classical Education explains.
Read More about Hillsdale to Offer Graduate Program in Classical EducationHow to be the “James Bond” on Hillsdale’s Study Scene
Are you allergic to people? Burnt out on social life? Absolutely overloaded with schoolwork and in desperate need of some solitude to tackle your to-do list? Read on to learn about Mission: Avoid People, the operation dedicated to the most secluded study spots on campus.
Read More about How to be the “James Bond” on Hillsdale’s Study SceneThis is going to be the perfect weekend.
What is the Platonic Form of a weekend? Does such a form even exist? Read one Hillsdale student’s attempt to live out the ideal weekend and her reflections on professorial advice.
Read More about This is going to be the perfect weekend.The Day I Met Dante
A lifelong perfectionist, I had struggled all semester with trying to accomplish each and every task in an increasingly difficult workload—until I got some much-needed advice from Dante’s Paradiso.
Read More about The Day I Met DantePhysics, Philosophy, and Sci-Fi
A class that united science with cinema and discussion highlighted Hillsdale’s liberal arts mission for me.
Read More about Physics, Philosophy, and Sci-FiStudying Virtue in Painting and Poetry
Each year, millions flock to Vatican City to view the art that defined the Italian Renaissance—including the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican Museums. While marveling at the artistry of these […]
Read More about Studying Virtue in Painting and PoetryThe Misconception of the English Major
Provost David Whalen and graduates Mark Naida and Chandler Ryd reflect on the benefits of majoring in English at Hillsdale College.
Read More about The Misconception of the English MajorHeidegger, Pathways, and Phenomenology
The study of calculus, poetry, economics, sociology, music, theater, and biology certainly have the good of mastering the subject in itself, but each subject is just another pathway to understanding and articulating human experience.
Read More about Heidegger, Pathways, and PhenomenologyLiberal Arts in the Lab
Sitting in science class and learning about the interactions between molecules, cells, and forces is one thing. Getting your hands gloved up and making these discoveries yourself is a whole different ball game.
Read More about Liberal Arts in the LabRecognizing a lion by its claws: Poetry and Creativity in Mathematics
If someone asked you to list the authors of great books within the Western tradition, chances are high that Shakespeare, Homer, and Dante would be among the first authors suggested. But if you ask Dr. David Gaebler, assistant professor of mathematics at Hillsdale College, he would make the case that Euclid, the “father of geometry,” should also be included on this prestigious list.
Read More about Recognizing a lion by its claws: Poetry and Creativity in MathematicsInnovation and The Liberal Arts
Though a liberal arts education may not appear to deliver immediate value to an organization, it does have timeless value. The classics remain classic; the human spirit remains what it is.
Read More about Innovation and The Liberal ArtsWhy I Chose Hillsdale: Giannina Imperial
Throughout my time here, I’ve discovered what higher learning is meant to entail: growth, struggle, the tearing down and building up of mindsets and concepts, developing a love for learning, discovering how to learn well, discarding the junk from my life, and a thirst for knowledge that I didn’t realize I was capable of.
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