New College as a Cultural Movement with Megan Cytron and Grant Balfour

In which three New College alums from the 1990s -- Mike Palmer, Megan Cytron, and Grant Balfour – share their experiences at a small liberal-arts school on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and consider the fate of the experiment in the face of a top-down “hostile takeover” by the state government. We reflect on New College as a cultural movement and set goals for what the podcast can accomplish. Pres. Gordon E. Michalson, Jr., Summer 2002: “The Case For Narrative Evaluation: Promoting Learning Without Grades, Or: ‘Here’s How You’re Doing.’” Mike Palmer, Aaron Hillegass. Trending in Ed (podcast), 7 Feb 23: Doing Data Science at a Liberal Arts College.  Sophia Brown. The Catalyst (student newspaper), 31 January 23: Inside the “hostile takeover”: an autopsy of the Jan. 31 Board of Trustees meeting  Malcolm Jones. The Daily Beast, 9 Feb 23: DeSantis Is Totally Ignorant of Why New College Is So Special. I should know, I went there.)  Conor Friedersdorf. The Atlantic, 30 Mar 23: Ron DeSantis Chose the Wrong College to Take Over. (paywalled, offers free trial)