Questions Readings:

Tyler on Black Mountain College:

• Andrew Rice + Professors, inspired by John Dewey (learning through doing), but they were TOO revolutionary for the college they joined (Rollands)
  • So they went off to start their own college, instead.

12 faculty, 24 students, Asheville, started at a protestant facility that they didn’t use during the summer. IT ran as a summer school, and then people would basically just pack up at the end of every summer.

Black mountain college was centered in the arts, but was not an arts school.

Inviting Josef Albers (who did not speak English) was a brilliant decision to start the school.

• No “us vs. them” between students and professors
  • (can I get a quote for this @Tyler Alterman?), this is important evidence for another point on “unblocking” and on taking junior members seriously

They ran “summer institutes”, which took advantage of the fact that everyone at other colleges were off in the summer. So students and faculty would come to Black Mountain for the summer and often stay forever.