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Hillsdale College
Motto: Virtus Tentamine Gaudet (Strength rejoices in the challenge)
Established: 1844
Type: Liberal arts college
Endowment: $215,035,715[1]
President: Larry P. Arnn
Faculty: 102 full-time, 37 adjunct
Undergraduates: 1,304
Location: Hillsdale, Michigan, USA
Campus: Rural, 200 acres (45 buildings)
Athletics: 11 varsity intercollegiate sports teams
Nickname: Chargers
Website: www.hillsdale.edu

Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan is a liberal arts college known for its refusal of government funding and its monthly speech digest, Imprimis. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon Undergraduate study in the Liberal arts. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Larry P Arnn is the president of Hillsdale College ( Michigan, United States) A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. Hillsdale is a city in the state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8233 Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Hillsdale is a city in the state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8233 Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon Undergraduate study in the Liberal arts. Hillsdale is co-educational, nonsectarian, and is not affiliated with any religious denomination or institution. [1] Located in central-southern Michigan, United States, its 200 acre (0. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 8 km²) campus contains multiple instructional and office buildings, thirteen residence halls, seven fraternity and sorority houses, an athletic complex, music hall, arts center, and an arboretum. An arboretum is a collection of trees Related collections include a fruticetum (from the Latin frutex, meaning shrub and a viticetum a collection of vines Two high-technology classroom buildings, Kendall and Lane Halls, were completed in December 2005 and construction of the Grewcock Student Union, on the site formerly occupied by the Carr Library, was completed in January 2008. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Hillsdale's student body consists of 1,300 students, almost evenly divided on the basis of sex, with slightly more females enrolled than males. The college currently has more than 100 full-time faculty members and offers a variety of liberal arts majors, pre-professional programs, a teacher education program, and a journalism certificate program. The Hillsdale major with the greatest number of students is history.

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History

Hillsdale College was established as Michigan Central College in Spring Arbor, Michigan in December 1844. Spring Arbor is an Unincorporated community within Spring Arbor Township, Jackson County in the U Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The college later moved to Hillsdale, Michigan in 1853 and assumed its current name. Hillsdale is a city in the state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8233 Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common

Hillsdale was the first American college to prohibit in its charter all discrimination based on race, religion, or sex, thus making Hillsdale the first American college to be chartered on the principle of nondiscrimination. Unlike most discrimination policies discrimination between, which is the discernment of qualities and recognition of the differences focused here discrimination against is Hillsdale's Founders were determined to uphold the principle of equality articulated by the Founders of America who had declared in 1776 that "all men are created equal. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a " Hillsdale was founded by Freewill Baptists, and in the nineteenth century, Hillsdale and Bates College in Maine were the only American colleges affiliated with the denomination. Free Will Baptist Church (or Free Will Baptists) is a group of churches that share a common history name and an acceptance of the Arminian theology of free grace Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston Maine, in the United States. Hillsdale no longer has any denominational affiliation.

Because of its dedication to the principle of equality, Hillsdale quickly emerged as an early agitator for the abolition of slavery and for the education of black students. Blacks were admitted immediately after the 1844 founding and the College became the second in the nation to grant four-year liberal arts degrees to women. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

Many Hillsdale students served in the Union army during the American Civil War. The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South A higher percentage of Hillsdale students enlisted than from any other non-military college. During the war, male enrollment at the college was nearly nonexistent. Of the more than 400 men serving, half became officers. During the conflict, four Hillsdale students won the Medal of Honor, three became generals, and many more served as regimental commanders. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. For the more than sixty that died, a monument in their honor, which now stands between Kendall and Lane Halls, was created.

Hillsdale's non-discrimination policy remained controversial throughout its history. Hillsdale reports that its students refused to segregate their troops in the Army during World War I, and the Army tacitly consented. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Furthermore, as described by The Michigan Daily, Hillsdale's undefeated football team refused to play in the 1956 Tangerine Bowl when the committee refused to allow the team's black players to join the white players on the field, forcing the committee to select Juniata instead. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Capital One Bowl is an annual College football Bowl game played in Orlando Florida at the Citrus Bowl, and previously known as the

Hillsdale College's commitment to non-discrimination again came under fire in the 1970s following the enactment of affirmative action legislation. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Affirmative action in the United States|Employment equity (Canada|Reservation in India|Numerus clausus The term affirmative action describes many policies aimed at a historically Because some of its students were receiving federal loans, the federal government declared it could require Hillsdale College to submit Assurance of Compliance forms mandated by Title IX as a condition of the continued receipt of federal financial assistance by two hundred Hillsdale students. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T Hillsdale refused compliance on the grounds that its own policies were less discriminatory than those the federal government would impose. Hillsdale also contended that it was not required to comply because it was a private school not receiving federal aid. However, the federal government argued that although the school was not funded directly, some students were receiving federal aid.

In 1979, this continuing battle with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) began to intensify. The College filed a petition for judicial review in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, asking the court to overturn a previous decision by the Reviewing Authority, Office of Civil Rights of HEW. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with Appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts

In December 1982, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Hillsdale's refusal to sign the compliance forms, but it also ruled that government aid to individual students could be terminated without a finding that a college actually discriminated.

In February 1984, in a related case, Grove City College v. Grove City College is an Christian Liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania, about sixty-five miles north of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania T. H. Bell, Secretary U. S. Department of Education, the U. S. Supreme Court made a decision regarding arguments first made by Hillsdale College. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. It required every college or university to fulfill federal requirements because its students received federal aid.

As a result of the court's decision, students at Hillsdale can no longer receive federal student aid. (Parents of Hillsdale students are, however, eligible to take federal education tax credits and deductions for expenses they incur to send their children there, per a recent communication from the U. S. Department of Education. ) Thus the entire operating budget (estimated at $46 million per year) of the college, including scholarships ($10,117,047 for 2005), must come from private funding sources. In 2007, Hillsdale extended their ban on taking government aid to monies from states; the College has offered to match any funds that a student would have received from a state with its own aid.

Due in no small part to its refusal to accept funds in return for government mandates, the College raises enough extra revenue to pay the equivalent of the federal loans that it refuses. As the Detroit Free Press stated on January 25, 1981:

Hillsdale after all, is famous as the little college that fights for rightness and independence. The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily Newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. From the unlikely location of south central Michigan, it gained its national recognition by drawing its sword against the federal government. No trespassing, it told HEW; we'll hire, promote, subsidize, educate and influence with no interference from you.

Recent history

In 1991, four former Hillsdale College professors, all members of the conservative National Association of Scholars, criticized the college and its president, George Roche III. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The National Association of Scholars (NAS is a Non-profit organization in the United States that opposes Multiculturalism and Affirmative action George C Roche III (1935- May 5, 2006) was the 11th president of Hillsdale College, serving from 1971 to 1999 They wrote: "For years the Hillsdale administration has neglected its academic program to pay for 'outreach' activities designed to promote Dr. Roche, maintained a curriculum that requires no appreciable knowledge of Western culture, and used every possible means including dismissals and threats of lawsuits, to silence dissent of any kind among faculty and students. " (Academic Questions, Fall 1991). Roche also urged a student, Mike Nehls, not to publish an independent newspaper, the Hillsdale Spectator. When Nehls went ahead with his plans and began criticizing Roche in editorials, Roche banned distribution of the paper on campus and then expelled Nehls. In 1987, distinguished assistant history professor Warren Treadgold was fired after publicly disagreeing with the dean of women Carol-Ann Barker; Hillsdale, which has no appeals or grievance procedures, refused to give any reasons for Treadgold's dismissal[2].

Hillsdale gained national attention in 1999, when Lissa Jackson Roche, the daughter-in-law of college president George Roche III, committed suicide shortly after alleging that she and her father-in-law had conducted an extramarital affair for over nineteen years. George C Roche III (1935- May 5, 2006) was the 11th president of Hillsdale College, serving from 1971 to 1999 For other uses see Love Affair or Scandal An affair may refer to a form of nonmonogamy, to Infidelity or to Adultery. Roche's body was discovered in the college's Slayton Arboretum. Slayton Arboretum, 80 acres (32 hectares is an Arboretum located adjacent to the campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale Michigan. George Roche III resigned as president of the college. [2] [3] There is still some controversy over whether she committed suicide or was murdered, and a book was written on the tragedy, but there was no conclusive evidence of either the affair or the charge that Roche murdered the woman. Despite this incident, which inspired an episode of NBC's Law & Order, Roche's labors to improve the college remain respected, and the college's sports complex, built during his presidency, bears his name. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf. Roche died on Friday, May 5, 2006 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr. Larry P. Arnn serves as president of the college. Larry P Arnn is the president of Hillsdale College ( Michigan, United States) Arnn has studied at Oxford University in England and worked with Martin Gilbert (now Sir), the official biographer of Winston Churchill. The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Before coming to Hillsdale, Dr. Arnn served as president of the Claremont Insitute. Dr. Arnn, who leads the private college in Michigan, is one of the highest paid liberal arts college presidents in the United States. He has a base salary of $331,773 in 2003-04, with benefits of $145,157, putting his total compensation at $476,930.

In 2002, Chris Chocola, a Hillsdale graduate, was elected to the United States House of Representatives, joining another Hillsdale alumnus, Representative Phil Crane (who served until 2004) as a member of the influential House Ways and Means Committee. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Christopher "Chris" Chocola (born February 24 1962) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Philip Miller "Phil" Crane (born November 3, 1930, in Chicago Illinois) is a former American politician Committee of Ways and Means is the chief Tax -writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. Chocola was defeated in a reelection bid in 2006.

Further information

Since 1981, Hillsdale College has presented National Leadership Seminars nationwide on issues of politics, economics and culture. To date, more than 19,000 community, business and media leaders around the country have attended these seminars. Past speakers include Benazir Bhutto, Benjamin Netanyahu, Tony Snow, Dan Quayle, Midge Decter, and Caspar Weinberger. Benazir Bhutto ( Sindhi: بينظير ڀٽو Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو beːnəziːɾ bɦʊʈːoː (21 June 1953 &ndash 27 December 2007 was a (בִּנְיָמִין "ביבי" נְתַנְיָהוּ Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, born October 21 1949, Tel Aviv) was Robert Anthony Snow ( June 1 1955 – July 12 2008) was an American Political commentator, Television news James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4 1947 is an American politician and a former Senator from the state of Indiana. Midge Decter (born July 25, 1927 in St Paul Minnesota) is an American Neoconservative journalist and author of various books including Caspar Willard "Cap" Weinberger ( August 18, 1917 &ndash March 28, 2006) was an American politician and Secretary

Hillsdale has employed several notable faculty members, including English professors David Whalen and Stephen Smith; economists Richard Ebeling and Gary Wolfram; historians John Willson (historian), Bradley Birzer, Burt Folsom, and Sir Martin Gilbert; political scientists Mickey Craig and Robert Eden; and sculptor Tony Frudakis. Stephen Smith, Steve Smith, or Steven Smith may refer to In sports: Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers, (b Richard M Ebeling (born 1950 New York City) is an American libertarian author and president of the Foundation for Economic Education John Willson ( August 5 1776 – May 26 1860) was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada. Burton W Folsom Jr (born 1947 is an American Historian and author Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, DLitt (born October 25, 1936) is a British Historian and the author of over eighty books Robert Eden may refer to Sir Robert Eden 1st Baronet of West Auckland (c

Ebeling now serves as president of the Foundation for Economic Education, and in Spring 2004 Dr. The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE was the first modern Grassl left the college and took a position at St. Norbert College. St Norbert College ( SNC) is a private Catholic Liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin (a suburb of Green Bay) Birzer, a J.R.R. Tolkien admirer, authored the book Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth. Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J Frudakis sculpted the life-size statue of George Washington which stands near the administrative building Moss Hall and the statue of Socrates which sits in the library. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the SOCRATES is the European Community action programme in the field of Education. In 2004, United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas taught a seminar course to select groups of students. Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American Jurist. He has been serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Since 2004, the classicist Victor Davis Hanson has taught courses in the fall semester, and Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian David McCullough taught a class in the spring of 2006. Victor Davis Hanson (born 1953 in Fowler California) is a Military historian, Columnist, political essayist and former Classics professor notable Hon. Stephen Markman teaches a seminar course on constitutional law. Stephen Markman was appointed as the 103rd Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Best-selling novelist Mark Helprin teaches spring semester courses on strategic analysis and fiction writing. Mark Helprin (born on June 28, 1947) is an award-winning American Novelist Journalist, and Conservative Commentator

Hillsdale College often features prominent speakers at college events, including its Center for Constructive Alternatives (CCA) program. These have included former president Ronald Reagan, Rev. Jesse Jackson, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader, Clarence Thomas, P.J. O'Rourke, and Ann Coulter. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr (born October 8 1941 is an American Civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 One of the Political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green Parties, the Greens have been active as a third party Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American Jurist. He has been serving as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo Ohio) is a conservative American political satirist, journalist Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8 1961 is an American Political commentator, Syndicated columnist, and best-selling Author.

The College publishes Imprimis, a free-subscription speech digest with over 1. 6 million subscribers.

Hillsdale College's campus includes a K-12 liberal arts school, Hillsdale Academy. The Hillsdale Academy is a K-12 liberal arts school operated by Hillsdale College.

In 2007, the college said that its entering freshman class was its best ever in terms test scores and grade-point averages. [4]

Rankings

Hillsdale currently ranks 97th in the 2008 U.S. News & World Report listing of best American Liberal Arts colleges[5], and ranks first in the Princeton Review's The Best 361 Colleges 2007 listing of colleges where students are "most nostalgic for Ronald Reagan" (politically conservative)[6] . USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D The Princeton Review (TPR is an American educational preparation company It also ranks number seven in the Princeton Review's listing of the top ten private best-value colleges.

Athletics

The College has a variety of sports teams that compete on the NCAA Division II level, including baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, softball, women's swimming, track and field, cross country, and volleyball. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Division II (or DII) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Softball is a team Sport popular especially in the United States. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Cross Country running is a Sport of running Compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain faster than other teams Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet The college also has club teams in both ice hockey and lacrosse. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Lacrosse is a full contact Team sport played using a solid rubber ball and long handled racket called a crosse or Lacrosse stick. The Chargers, as the Hillsdale athletics teams are known, compete in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Current members Associate Members Former Members Sports The GLIAC sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition

Legendary college football coach Frank "Muddy" Waters made a name for himself as the head coach at Hillsdale from 1954-1973. Frank "Muddy" Waters ( January 30 1923 - September 20 2006) was an American College football coach Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The football stadium, Frank Waters Stadium, is named in his honor.

National Championships:

National Runners-up:

Basketball Final Four:

Greek Life

North-American Interfraternity Conference Fraternities

National Panhellenic Conference Sororities

Notable alumni

Notable Professors

Present

Past

References

  1. ^ Hillsdale College - Articles of Association
  2. ^ Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, May-June 1988, pp. 29-33.
  3. ^ Culture deterioration brings Rahe to college - News
  4. ^ Legacy in Dispute - Features
  5. ^ “Building a Legacy” The Hillsdale Collegian. Russell Kirk ( 19 October 1918 &ndash 29 April[[ 994]] was an American Political theorist, Historian, Social Richard M Ebeling (born 1950 New York City) is an American libertarian author and president of the Foundation for Economic Education The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE was the first modern Robert P "Bob" Murphy (born 23 May 1976) is an Austrian School Economist and Free market -oriented author Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry ( January 22, 1913 – December 7, 2003) was an American evangelical Christian

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