{"id":71859,"date":"2026-04-16T05:56:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/hampshire-college-was-a-magical-place-for-a-progressive-education-it-couldnt-survive-this-era\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T10:56:47","slug":"hampshire-college-was-a-magical-place-for-a-progressive-education-it-couldnt-survive-this-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/hampshire-college-was-a-magical-place-for-a-progressive-education-it-couldnt-survive-this-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Hampshire College was \u2018a magical place\u2019 for a progressive education. It couldn\u2019t survive this era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hampshire is latest school to fall to declining enrollment amid a decades-long crisis affecting liberal arts colleges<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When Hampshire College enrolled its first class of students in 1970, it offered a new breed of liberal arts education, one meeting each student\u2019s interests and motivations, emphasizing learning across disciplines and close relationships with teachers.<\/p>\n<p>For the next 56 years, Hampshire provided just that, becoming a beloved alma mater to scores of unconventional learners who sought, and found, a college experience \u201cunlike anywhere else \u2013 and unlike anyone else\u2019s\u201d, as the school\u2019s site still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshire.edu\/hampshire-experience\/why-hampshire\">promises<\/a> to deliver.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/16\/hampshire-college-closing\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hampshire is latest school to fall to declining enrollment amid a decades-long crisis affecting liberal arts colleges Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox When Hampshire College enrolled its first class of students in 1970, it offered a new breed of liberal arts education, one meeting each &#8230; <a title=\"Hampshire College was \u2018a magical place\u2019 for a progressive education. It couldn\u2019t survive this era\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/hampshire-college-was-a-magical-place-for-a-progressive-education-it-couldnt-survive-this-era\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hampshire College was \u2018a magical place\u2019 for a progressive education. It couldn\u2019t survive this era\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}