The mainstream college culture needs to die, no question. It's my opinion, however, that "hippie wilderness getaway for upper middle class kids to find themselves" is just profiteering from disenchantment.
>They will take on 15 to 20 hours a week of manual labor in Sitka
>all at an affordable price
>found the program in order to give young people a taste of the education he received at an older countercultural experiment, Deep Springs College
>Deep Springs — a tuition-free, highly selective two-year liberal arts college
>Our goal is to make our credits transferable to four-year institutions upon accreditation
So in order to further the spirit of a tuition-free liberal arts college, is charging "students" an as-yet unrevealed fee, working them for four hours a day covering almost every single non-management job at the Sheldon Jackson Campus, with absolutely no set curriculum or accreditation or transferable credits.
This is by the far the most transparent scam I've ever seen make it to HN.
>They will take on 15 to 20 hours a week of manual labor in Sitka >all at an affordable price >found the program in order to give young people a taste of the education he received at an older countercultural experiment, Deep Springs College >Deep Springs — a tuition-free, highly selective two-year liberal arts college >Our goal is to make our credits transferable to four-year institutions upon accreditation
So in order to further the spirit of a tuition-free liberal arts college, is charging "students" an as-yet unrevealed fee, working them for four hours a day covering almost every single non-management job at the Sheldon Jackson Campus, with absolutely no set curriculum or accreditation or transferable credits.
This is by the far the most transparent scam I've ever seen make it to HN.