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| + | '''The Evergreen State College''' is a public [[liberal arts college]] in [[Olympia, Washington]]. Founded in 1967, it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study toward a degree or follow a pre-determined path of study. Full-time students can enroll in interdisciplinary academic programs, in addition to stand-alone classes. Programs typically offer students the opportunity to study several disciplines in a coordinated manner. Faculty write substantive narrative evaluations of students' work in place of issuing simple grades. |
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| + | Evergreen's main campus, which includes its own salt-water beach, spans 1,000 acres of forest close to the southern end of [[Puget Sound]]. Evergreen also has a satellite campus in nearby [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]]. The school offers a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in Liberal Arts and [[Bachelor of Science]], Master of [[Environmental Studies]], [[Master in Teaching]], [[Master of Public Administration]], and Master of Public Administration in Tribal Governance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Master of Public Administration in Tribal Governance |url=https://www.evergreen.edu/nativeprograms/mpa |publisher=The Evergreen State College}}</ref> As of 2018, there were 3,327 students, 3,018 of whom were undergraduates, and 223 faculty.<ref>{{cite web |title=Evergreen Fact Page |url=https://www.evergreen.edu/institutionalresearch/factpage |website=The Evergreen State College |accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref> |
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| + | Evergreen was one of many alternative colleges and programs launched in the 1960s and 1970s, often described as “experiments.”<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rosenzweig |first1=Joy |title=The Innovative Colleges and Universities of the 1960s and 1970s: What Keeps the Dreams of Experimentation Alive? |journal=Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (22nd, Albuquerque, NM, November 6–9, 1997). |date=November 6, 1997 |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED415810.pdf |accessdate=20 November 2018}}</ref> While the vast majority of these have either closed or adopted more mainstream approaches, Evergreen is one of the few that have remained steadfast in pursuing its original mission.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Karla |title=Evergreen: Can a college of the '60s survive '80s? |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0217/021745.html |accessdate=20 November 2018 |agency=Christian Science Monitor |date=February 17, 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Booth |first1=William |title=On Calif. Campus, an Experimental Era Nears Its End |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/2000-02/28/028r-022800-idx.html |accessdate=20 November 2018 |agency=The Washington Post |date=28 February 2000}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:47, 7 June 2020
The Evergreen State College is a public liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. Founded in 1967, it offers a non-traditional undergraduate curriculum in which students have the option to design their own study toward a degree or follow a pre-determined path of study. Full-time students can enroll in interdisciplinary academic programs, in addition to stand-alone classes. Programs typically offer students the opportunity to study several disciplines in a coordinated manner. Faculty write substantive narrative evaluations of students' work in place of issuing simple grades.
Evergreen's main campus, which includes its own salt-water beach, spans 1,000 acres of forest close to the southern end of Puget Sound. Evergreen also has a satellite campus in nearby Tacoma. The school offers a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Bachelor of Science, Master of Environmental Studies, Master in Teaching, Master of Public Administration, and Master of Public Administration in Tribal Governance.[1] As of 2018, there were 3,327 students, 3,018 of whom were undergraduates, and 223 faculty.[2]
Evergreen was one of many alternative colleges and programs launched in the 1960s and 1970s, often described as “experiments.”[3] While the vast majority of these have either closed or adopted more mainstream approaches, Evergreen is one of the few that have remained steadfast in pursuing its original mission.[4][5]