Prescott College
| Motto | For the Liberal Arts, the Environment and Social Justice |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1966 |
| Endowment | US $4.6 Million |
| President | John Flicker |
| Undergraduates | 700 Undergraduates--500 Resident |
| Location | Prescott, Arizona, USA |
| Affiliations | Eco League, CIEL, AASHE, |
| Website | www.prescott.edu |
Prescott College is a private liberal arts college in Prescott, Arizona, founded in 1966 with the motto: "For the Liberal Arts, the Environment, and Social Justice". It is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization which has a student body (resident and limited-residency) of roughly 1200, and an average student to faculty ratio of 7:1 in the on-campus classrooms.
In 1965, the Ford Foundation brought together a group of educators from around the United States. Prescott College was the result of this gathering.
The college was originally built in 1966 on 200 acres (0.81 km2) outside of Prescott, Arizona. In 1974, despite dedicated faculty and students, the college went bankrupt due to poor fiscal management and the loss of anticipated donor funds. A core of determined faculty and students refused to see the college fold, and after a series of emergency meetings, formed the Prescott Center for Alternative Education. This earned the school national publicity as "The College That Wouldn't Die."
During the spring semester of 1975, classes were held in the basement of the historic Hassayampa Hotel in downtown Prescott, Arizona, as well as in the homes of both faculty and students. Over the succeeding years, the college was able to once again obtain the legal right to the name Prescott College and began acquiring the property and buildings which constitute the current main campus, since then, the college had flourished and has become a national leader in Sustainability (offering a limited -residency PhD in the subject, adventure education, agroecology, counseling psychology, equine assisted mental health, the humanities and the arts and has lived up to its motto: For the Liberal Arts, the Environment and Social Justice. Prescott College has an agroecology program that uses Jenner Farm, an international center in Kino Bay, Mexico, programs in regenerative design in partnership with the Ecosa Institute, a Natural History Institute, the Prescott College Art Gallery at Sam Hill Warehouse and the college also has a Tucson, Arizona location.
Most of the current Prescott location buildings have been converted to classrooms from their previous purposes (e.g., furniture stores and dental offices). The Village residence hall is a townhouse style houses groups of 7-8 students per unit with shared common areas. The Crossroads Center, is built from reclaimed timber, CORTEN steel, compressed earth with solar panels and rooftop gardens. It houses the Crossroads Cafe, classrooms, meeting facilities, and the college library as well as computer labs. Below are pictures of the building:
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