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Hillsdale College Hillsdale College is a classical liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Hillsdale College has a longstanding position on speech and expression.

Founded in 1844, Hillsdale College is an independent, coeducational, residential, liberal arts college with a student body of about 1,400. Its four-year curriculum leads to the bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, and it is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Hillsdale’s educational mission rests upon two principles: academic excellence and institutional independence. The College does not accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies for any of its operations. Located in rural southern Michigan, the nearly 400-acre Hillsdale campus includes both modern and historic buildings. Facilities include comfortable residence halls, subject-specific computer labs, a state-of-the-art health education and sports complex, Michael Alex Mossey Library with its Leighton-Taylor Wing, the Sage Center for the Arts, the Herbert Henry Dow Science Building, Howard Music Hall, and two classroom buildings—Kendall Hall and Lane Hall. Adjacent to the campus is the model primary and secondary school, Hillsdale Academy, whose comprehensive Reference Guide is used in hundreds of schools throughout the country. An ideal student-faculty ratio of 10:1, rigorous academics, intramural sports, national fraternity and sorority houses, and widespread community volunteerism all nurture intellectual, physical, social and personal growth. A broad perspective is encouraged through opportunities for off-campus internships, overseas study programs, and the adjunct seminars of the Center for Constructive Alternatives, Mises Lectures in free-market economics, the National Leadership Seminars, and the Hoogland Center for Teacher Excellence. It informs our approach to conversation and debate on campus and online. It reads: “You may assert and defend any argument you conceive, as long as you do so in a way that is civil, academic, and conducive to thought and deliberation.”

Hillsdale uses social media to serve its mission of educating all who wish to learn. Therefore, we reserve the right to remove any comments that are disruptive to this mission.

In its latest rankings of over 1,700 colleges and universities, U.S. News and World Report ranks Hillsdale College #13 ...
10/17/2026

In its latest rankings of over 1,700 colleges and universities, U.S. News and World Report ranks Hillsdale College #13 in First-Year Retention Rate.

WORK FOR HILLSDALE | Hillsdale College is hiring for the Digital Product Owner position.The Digital Product Owner overse...
10/16/2026

WORK FOR HILLSDALE | Hillsdale College is hiring for the Digital Product Owner position.

The Digital Product Owner oversees the design, development, and continuous improvement of business processes and solutions within Virtuous Raise and HubSpot, and partners with technical teams on security, integrations, performance, maintenance, and upgrades to ensure digital products effectively support departmental and institutional objectives.

Learn more at https://bit.ly/47Ymcmo.

Work for Good. Work for Hillsdale.

WORK FOR HILLSDALE | Hillsdale College is hiring for the Stewardship Communications Manager position.As a member of IA O...
10/15/2026

WORK FOR HILLSDALE | Hillsdale College is hiring for the Stewardship Communications Manager position.

As a member of IA Operations, the Stewardship Communications Manager will work closely with the Assistant Director for Proposals and Stewardship to prepare stewardship pieces for reporting to friends and supporters at scale. The Stewardship Communications Manager will lead project development and collaborate with internal departments for content, design, printing, and distribution of stewardship materials that convey gratitude and strengthen donor relationships.

Learn more at https://bit.ly/3TYrlI0.

Work for Good. Work for Hillsdale.

A little friendly competition on the diamond! ⚾Our alumni baseball players returned to the ’Dale for the 2nd Annual Alum...
10/14/2026

A little friendly competition on the diamond! ⚾

Our alumni baseball players returned to the ’Dale for the 2nd Annual Alumni Baseball Game, taking on the current Chargers in a spirited Homecoming showdown!

This year’s honorary Alumni Captain was Don Smith, MVP and captain of the 1959 Dales!

The alumni may not have walked away with the win, but the day was a home run for Chargers past and present! Once a Charger, always a Charger!

10/14/2026
Today we remember Margaret Thatcher, born on October 13, 1925. A staunch supporter of free enterprise and democracy, Tha...
10/13/2026

Today we remember Margaret Thatcher, born on October 13, 1925. A staunch supporter of free enterprise and democracy, Thatcher visited Hillsdale on November 10, 1994, and delivered a speech titled “The Moral Foundations of Society.” Lady Thatcher is memorialized on our campus Liberty Walk with the first and only statue of the former British prime minister in North America.

We kicked off homecoming weekend by celebrating Charger excellence at the annual Chargers Hall of Fame Dinner, honoring ...
10/13/2026

We kicked off homecoming weekend by celebrating Charger excellence at the annual Chargers Hall of Fame Dinner, honoring our newest Hall of Fame inductees and recognizing last year’s All-Americans.

Pictured (l to r): Dave Dye, Scott Elwer, Larry Covey, Danielle (Butler) Cole, Bill Lundberg, and Kyle Cooper.

Once a Charger, always a Charger!

Visit the Chargers Hall of Fame at https://bit.ly/4hCkJqs.

Today, Hillsdale's Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship recognizes the United States Navy’s birthday. In The Feder...
10/13/2026

Today, Hillsdale's Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship recognizes the United States Navy’s birthday. In The Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton emphasizes the need for a strong navy to protect the interests of the "American empire" and help establish American superiority in the Western Hemisphere.

At the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship, students have the opportunity to study The Federalist in depth and thereby admire the rich constitutional justification for the U.S. Navy.

What a weekend at the ’Dale! 💙🤍 Beautiful fall weather, alumni reconnecting with old friends, students bringing the ener...
10/12/2026

What a weekend at the ’Dale! 💙🤍

Beautiful fall weather, alumni reconnecting with old friends, students bringing the energy, and a big Charger victory over Walsh! It was a Homecoming weekend to remember!

FACULTY PUBLICATION | Anna Vincenzi, associate professor of modern European history at Hillsdale College, has published ...
10/11/2026

FACULTY PUBLICATION | Anna Vincenzi, associate professor of modern European history at Hillsdale College, has published “Echoes of a Distant Republic: Italian Perspectives on the American and French Revolutions.”

The book explores how Europeans understood the American Revolution, and how the French Revolution transformed the very meaning of “revolution” during an era that reshaped the Western world.

The book is available here:

Echoes of a Distant Republic: Italian Perspectives on the American and French Revolutions (The Revolutionary Age)

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