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Article: Princely vision: Hampshire College's Greg Prince weighs in on the hauteur of higher ed, the survival of liberal arts education, and keeping an educational experiment alive in the current economic climate.(Interview)
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- University Business
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- January 1, 2004
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Tucked away on 800 acres of orchard- and farmland in South Amherst, MA, the 1,200-student Hampshire College is, for many, a model of what true liberal arts education should be: a collaborative, student-initiated, "experimenting" process of critical inquiry. President of the institution since September 1989, 64-year-old Gregory Smith Prince, Jr. is a former dean of Dartmouth College (NH) who is generally credited with greatly improving Hampshire's financial picture through his skill at fundraising. Indeed, some might say it is Prince's metabolism-in-overdrive and an uncanny ability to be four (attention-getting) places at once that has made the difference, money-wise. ...