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Tussman Experimental College

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The Tussman Experimental College was an American educational project at the University of California, Berkeley that lasted from 1965 to 1969.

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Founded by philosophy professor Joseph Tussman, about 300 students were chosen at random to participate.

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The syllabus focused on big problems and cultural crisis periods in history which had driven great thinkers to tackle fundamental questions. Grades were not given.

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The project was inspired by the Experimental College at the University of Wisconsin founded by Alexander Meiklejohn.

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References

Trow, Katherine (1998). Habits of Mind: The Experimental College Program at Berkeley. Univ of California Press, ISBN 0-87772-380-X

Kreisler, Harry (January 13, 2000). Education and Citizenship: Conversation with Joseph Tussman. Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley.

Tussman, Joseph (1988). A Venture in Educational Reform An Account by the Founder of the Program This article on a western United States institution of higher education is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.</p>

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