I've come across an ad for positions at the American College of History and Legal Studies (ACHLS), a new venture sponsored by the Massachusetts School of Law.
Here's an excerpt from an article from Inside Higher Ed:
"A non-traditional and sometimes iconoclastic law school has announced plans to create a new kind of undergraduate college -- one focused on history. The new college will offer only the junior and senior years of instruction, will operate in a no-frills manner to keep costs down, and will offer the single major of history. The American College of History and Legal Studies will start offering classes in August 2010 and has been licensed to operate in Salem, N.H. -- just seven miles from the Andover, Mass., campus of the Massachusetts School of Law. While the law school and the history college will be independent of one another in a legal sense, with their own boards, many trustees are expected to serve on both boards, and the two institutions will start with overlapping administrations."
The full article is here:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/15/historyI'm curious to know what people think of this venture. Can it work? Do you think it's just going to be a diploma mill? Or will it serve a real need for nontraditional students?
