Program areas at Hampshire College Trustees
Instructional and other educational activities. Hampshire College provides instruction for 502 fte undergraduate students and employs 38 fte faculty. Educational delivery also includes student financial aid programs. Financial aid includes grants, scholarships, and government aid awards to assist students in the financial cost of attending Hampshire College. 95% of our faculty have ph.d or other terminal degrees in their fields. Accreditation: Hampshire College is fully accredited by the new england association of schools and colleges. Membership in the association indicates that the institution has been carefully evaluated and found to meet standards agreed upon qualified evaluators.
Sponsored research and restricted expenses: includes all private and federal funds received for sponsored research and restricted activities. Grants from corporations, foundations, and government agencies support educational programming, program development, individual faculty research, and endowed scholarships.
Includes the cost of health services, recreational athletics, dean of student's office expenses and other support services for 502 students. Hampshire is one of 44 colleges profiled in colleges that change lives (ctcl) for "developing potential, values, initiative, and risk-taking" in students. Ctcl says of Hampshire, "no College has students whose intellectual thyroids are more active or whose minds are more compassionately engaged." Being part of Hampshire is a whole new way of life, centered on community. Students are integral to every part of the College, serving on the board of Trustees, hiring committees, fundcom (hampshire's student activities fund committee), and more. 85% of students live on campus. 100% of students live in singles on campus. Over 100 clubs, sports, and organizations, including asl collective, blacksmith's guild, circus folk unite!, glowlime games, and wool people (a fiber crafts group).