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...people at Marlboro feel that such a familiar relationship does not reduced the respect accorded to a man as teacher, for such respect is supposedly based on stronger things than the addition of a "mister" before a name. It would appear, however, that this is true more in the case of the top notch teacher than in that of the less able instructor...
This closeness between faculty and students and the dual role of the faculty member as both teacher and member of the community is maintained in almost every aspect of the college. Responsibility for practically all non-academic and non-financial matters at Marlboro is shared by both students and faculty. "If you treat them like adults," says President Paul Zens, "they'll behave like adults...
...work program demonstrates the spirit of cooperation that must be maintained in an institution so small and so budget-conscious as Marlboro. The college employs only three persons to do kitchen work and outside jobs on the "campus;" the rest of the necessary work--an assortment of tasks that includes "building a garage," "chopping firewood," and "removing the porch from the girls' dorm"--is handled by the students on Thursday afternoons, set aside for this purpose. The work is entirely on a volunteer basis, but it is pretty clear that everyone willingly does a share...
...college of Marlboro's size, there also arises the problem of an adequate curriculum. There are only eight full-time teachers on the college staff and a few more part-time instructors. Thus, some rather serious gaps are present in the catalogue of courses. Almost nothing is offered in the way of philosophy, chemistry, classics, political science, economics, and Asian and Russian history and literature. These are, as Marlboro administrators admit, serious omissions for a college which offers the Bachelor of Arts degree...
...combat the deficiency, Marlboro has relied heavily on the concept of general education. The faculty believes that by giving a student general knowledge of many fields of learning and by encouraging him to extend his scope of knowledge independently he will be able both to cope with problems of modern living and engage in advanced study on a higher level...