Goddard College
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Goddard College is a private college located in Plainfield, Vermont that grants BA and MA and MFA degrees. It uses a self-directed, mentored system of intensive residencies in Plainfield or Port Townsend, Washington. Residencies require the student's attendance every six months for approximately nine days, during which the student engages in a variety of activities and lectures from the early morning until quite late in the evening.
For many years, Goddard College had an onsite bachelor's degree program, but this was disbanded in 2002. Since then, the BA is also a limited residency program.
Although governance of the college has always been communitarian, Dr. Mark Schulman has been its president since 2003. The history of Goddard has been tumultuous, like many Free Schools practicing the pedagogical theories of educators like John Dewey. Though many free schools have ceased to exist, Goddard remains alive, well, and unusual, still promoting education as a process of self-discovery in which the learner is firmly in charge. Accordingly, while Goddard is not for everyone, it has been, and continues to be, a home for creative, persistent, and self-directed students.
Goddard is also home to a public radio station that serves central Vermont, WGDR, 91.1 FM.
Famous graduates or former students of the school include actor William H. Macy; writer and director David Mamet; writer Piers Anthony; free jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp; Trey Anastasio, Jon Fishman, and Page McConnell of the improvisational rock band Phish; cartoonist Larry Feign (creator of the comic strip The World of Lily Wong); and jailed journalist, political activist, and convicted murderer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Goddard College was a mecca for politically astute, highly intelligent students. The students at Goddard were among the most active and influential students to organize and speak out in opposition to the Vietnam War.
Academic programs
- B.A. in Individualized Studies Program
- B.A. in Health Arts & Sciences: Nature, Culture & Healing Program
- B.A. in Teacher Education Program
- * Teacher Licensure - B.A.
- Individualized M.A. Studies Program
- * Consciousness Studies Concentration
- * Environmental Studies Concentration
- * Leardership & Entrepreneurism
- * Transformative Language Arts Concentration
- M.A. Health Arts and Sciences - Nature, Culture and Healing Program
- M.A. in Psychology and Counseling Program
- * Sexual Orientation Concentration
- * Organizational Development Concentration
- M.A. in Teacher Education Program
- * Partnership Education Concentration
- * School Guidance Concentration
- * Teacher Licensure - M.A.
- * M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program
- * Port Townsend, Washington
- * Plainfield, Vermont
- M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts Program
- Summer Institute in Education
Facts
- Campus area: 175 acres (0.7 km²)
- Enrollment: approx. 575
- School type: Private
- Year founded: 1938
- Address: 123 Pitkin Road Plainfield, VT 05667
Related resources
- List of colleges and universities in the United States
- * List of colleges and universities in Vermont
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