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Real Hampshire College Has Never Been Tried

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Just about two weeks ago, Hampshire College declared it was closing. That means we can finally create Hampshire College. A college is on the market. That’s rare and usually it only happens when the school's model doesn’t work. Hampshire is a fixer-upper in terms of management, but it’s got great bones. I should know, because I spent four years as a student there and two as a professor. If you care about credential inflation, colleges that optimize for rankings instead of learning, and the collapse of trust in higher education, this is your chance to help. It’s not every day that you can…

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