Goddard College
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[[Image:Goddard College Clockhouse.jpg|thumb|right|230px|The shingle style clock house on the Greatwood Campus appears on the college seal.]]
'''Goddard College''' is a private college located in [[Plainfield, Vermont|Plainfield]], [[Vermont]], that grants bachelor's ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] and [[Bachelor of Science|BFA]]) and master's ([[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]] and [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]]) degrees. It uses a self-directed, mentored system of [[intensive]] residencies in Plainfield or [[Port Townsend, Washington|Port Townsend]], [[Washington]]. Residencies require the student's attendance every six months for approximately nine days, during which time the student engages in a variety of activities and lectures from the early morning until quite late in the evening. After the residency, students return home and study independently, sending in "packets" to their faculty mentor every three weeks. The content of the "packets" varies with each individual.
Goddard College was founded by Royce Stanley "Tim" Pitkin, a progressive educator and follower of [[John Dewey]] and other, similar exponents of [[educational democracy]]. Pitkin conceived of the college as a place for "plain living and hard thinking." Having narrative transcripts instead of traditional letter grades, as well as learner-designed curricula, Goddard was one of the [[Union Institute & University|Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities]], which also included [[Franconia College|Franconia]], [[Nasson College|Nasson]], [[Antioch College|Antioch]], and several other institutions.
Always a locus of innovation in higher education,{{fact|date= March 2008}} in 1963, Goddard introducted the first Adult Degree Program for working adults. This program has been copied around the world and since that date over 20 million adults have been educated using this innovative, intensive, student-centered model.{{fact|date= March 2008}} In 2002, after 54 years, the college terminated its traditional age onsite experimental bachelor's degree program. Today its 600+ adult students attend residencies in either Plainfield or Port Townsend. Only two programs are available at the Port Townsend site: the MFA in Creative Writing and the MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts (new to Port Townsend in the fall of 2007). Also new for the fall of 2007 is the first low residency Bachelor of Fine Arts program in creative writing. Students must transfer in a minimum of 60 undergraduate credits to be eligible for the program.
Although governance of the college has always been [[communitarianism|communitarian]], Dr. Mark Schulman has been its president since 2003. The history of Goddard has been tumultuous, like many [[Free School]]s practicing the [[pedagogy|pedagogical]] theories of educators like [[John Dewey]]. Though many free schools have ceased to exist, Goddard remains alive, well, and unusual,{{fact|date= March 2008}} 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.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Goddard College was a mecca for politically astute, highly intelligent students.{{fact|date= March 2008}} The students at Goddard were among the most active and influential students to organize and speak out in opposition to the [[Vietnam War]].{{fact|date= March 2008}}
== Academic programs<ref name>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goddard.edu/academic/|title=Academic Programs|accessdate=2007-07-09|publisher=Goddard College|work=Goddard.edu}}</ref> ==
* BA in Individualized Studies Program
* BA in Health Arts & Sciences: Nature, Culture & Healing Program
** Mexico Trip
* BA in Education and Licensure Program
** Community Education BA Concentration
** Teacher Licensure - BA
* BFA in Creative Writing Program
* MA in Individualized Studies Program
** Consciousness Studies Concentration
** Environmental Studies Concentration
** Transformative Language Arts Concentration* MA in Health Arts and Sciences - Nature, Culture and Healing Program
** Mexico Trip
* MA in Psychology and Counseling Program
** Sexual Orientation Concentration
** Organizational Development Concentration
* MA in Education and Licensure Program
** Community Education MA Concentration
** Partnership Education Concentration
** School Counseling Concentration
** Teacher Licensure - MA
* MA in Socially Responsible Business and Sustainable Communities Program
* MFA in Creative Writing Program
** Plainfield, VT Residency Option
** Port Townsend, WA Residency Option
** Clockhouse Writer's Conference
* MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts -- Plainfield, VT Residency Option
* MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts - Port Townsend WA Option
== Facts ==
* Campus area: 175 [[acres]] (0.7 km²)
* Enrollment: approx. 610
* School type: Private
* Year founded: [[1863]], as Goddard Seminary
* Address: 123 Pitkin Road, Plainfield, VT 05667
* Goddard College was host to the [[Bread and Puppet Theater]] in 1970-1971
== Notable alumni ==
:''See also:' [[:Category:Goddard College alumni]]''
* [[Trey Anastasio]], member of rock band [[Phish]]
* [[Robert M. Fisher]], abstract artist who also studied with [[Hans Hoffman]]
* [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]], [[journalist]], [[political activist]], and cold blooded killer of Daniel Faulkner, a Philadelphia Police Officer.
* [[Piers Anthony]], [[author]]
* [[Daniel Boyarin]], Professor of Jewish Studies
* [[Jared Carter]], poet.
* [[Mark Doty]], [[poet]]
* [[Larry Feign]], [[cartoonist]]; creator of ''[[The World of Lily Wong]]''
* [[Jon Fishman]], member of rock band Phish
* [[David Gallaher]], [[writer]], author of ''[[High Moon]]''
* [[Bradford Graves]], [[sculptor]]
* [[Peter Hannan]], artist, writer, producer, creator of ''[[CatDog]]''
* [[Wayne Karlin]], author
* [[Jonathan Katz]], writer, actor, producer, creator of ''[[Dr. Katz]]''
* [[Neil Landau]], screenwriter/playwright & TV producer
* [[William H. Macy]], [[actor]]
* [[David Mamet]], [[screenwriter|writer]] and [[film director|director]], winner of the [[Pulitzer prize]] in Drama for ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]''
* [[Page McConnell]], member of rock band Phish
* [[Frank Pileggi, PhD, RHP]], Leader in Holistic Health Care
* [[H. Allen Soule]], Vermont State Historian
* [[Walter Mosley]], author
* [[Russell Potter]], Arctic historian and author
* [[Tobias Schneebaum]], [[artist]], [[anthropologist]], [[AIDS]] [[activist]]
* [[Archie Shepp]], [[saxophonist]]
* [[Edward Tick]], [[psychotherapist]]
* [[Kenneth R. Timmerman]], Middle East and Defence Correspondent, Author and Activist
* [[Howard Ashman]], Actor, playwright, lyricist, creator of ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'', lyrics ''[[The Little Mermaid (film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
* [[Paul Zaloom]], world renowned puppeteer, see also [[Bread & Puppet Theater]]
== References ==
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== Related resources ==
* [[List of colleges and universities in the United States]]
** [[List of colleges and universities in the United States#Vermont|List of colleges and universities in Vermont]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.goddard.edu/ Official website]
*[http://storiesfromgoddard.com/ Stories from Goddard - Goddard College's monthly podcast]
* {{geolinks-US-streetscale|44.27889|-72.43944}}
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