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The Unmaking of a College

And that's becausewhat we are doing is symbolicfor what's going to happen to hundreds of...

And that's because
what we are doing is symbolic
for what's going to happen to hundreds of other
small liberal arts colleges, and they very much see us
as a story, a microcosm of what's going
to happen in the next ten years

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And that's because what we are doing
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is symbolic for what's going to happen
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to hundreds of other small liberal arts colleges,
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and they very much see us as a story,
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a microcosm of what's going to happen in the next ten years.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:07
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
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The Unmaking of a College delves into the 2019 crisis at Hampshire College when students led a 75-day sit-in at the president's office to thwart her attempt to give up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in ...
Holden: The reason that big state schools - The Unmaking of a College 00:14
Holden: The reason that big state schools
Cultures that drive the way that they do things. - The Unmaking of a College 00:05
Cultures that drive the way that they do things.
And if they're subsumed by a large state university - The Unmaking of a College 00:18
And if they're subsumed by a large state university
Delbanco: It's very important to worry about the future - The Unmaking of a College 00:17
Delbanco: It's very important to worry about the future
And it's inevitable, I think, that fragile colleges - The Unmaking of a College 00:11
And it's inevitable, I think, that fragile colleges
And so institutions have to be looking - The Unmaking of a College 00:08
And so institutions have to be looking
There's single kind of education - The Unmaking of a College 00:08
There's single kind of education
For eight years, I was the president of Williams College, - The Unmaking of a College 00:09
For eight years, I was the president of Williams College,
Every college has its particular vision, - The Unmaking of a College 00:18
Every college has its particular vision,
I think of lot of small liberal arts colleges - The Unmaking of a College 00:14
I think of lot of small liberal arts colleges
Desta: And I think that the people who come here - The Unmaking of a College 00:08
Desta: And I think that the people who come here
I was really excited about the Div III program. - The Unmaking of a College 00:04
I was really excited about the Div III program.
Ken: So, Division III, it's essentially a big independent study work. - The Unmaking of a College 00:05
Ken: So, Division III, it's essentially a big independe...
The easiest way to explain it is that it's graduate experience at an undergraduate level. - The Unmaking of a College 00:06
The easiest way to explain it is that it's graduate exp...
If you don't know how to look for what you want - The Unmaking of a College 00:05
If you don't know how to look for what you want
And most important, it seemed to me, - The Unmaking of a College 00:06
And most important, it seemed to me,
My thesis was titled "Theater For Social Change - The Unmaking of a College 00:13
My thesis was titled "Theater For Social Change
My Div III title was "Paper City," - The Unmaking of a College 00:09
My Div III title was "Paper City,"
My Division III project consisted of me devising - The Unmaking of a College 00:08
My Division III project consisted of me devising
Building out to something extraordinary... - The Unmaking of a College 00:04
Building out to something extraordinary...