Goddard College

Goddard College
Former names
Green Mountain Central Institute & Goddard Seminary
TypePrivate online college
Active1863; 161 years ago (1863)–June 2024
PresidentDan Hocoy[1]
Academic staff
64
Administrative staff
50
Students220 (Spring 2024)
Undergraduates112
Postgraduates208
Location, ,
United States

44°16′44″N 72°26′22″W / 44.2789°N 72.4394°W / 44.2789; -72.4394
CampusRural 175 acres (71 ha)
ColorsBlue and white
Websitewww.goddard.edu
Goddard College's Greatwood Campus in Plainfield, Vermont

Goddard College was a private college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington.[2] The college offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With predecessor institutions dating to 1863, Goddard College was founded in 1938 as an experimental and non-traditional educational institution based on the idea that experience and education are intricately linked.[3]

For many years, Goddard College operated a mix of residential, low-residency, and distance-learning programs. Goddard's intensive low-residency model was first developed for its MFA in Creative Writing Program in 1963.

In April 2024, Goddard announced that the college would close at the end of the spring semester, due to financial issues and a decline in enrollment.[4]

The college was accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.

  1. ^ "President's Office". Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "About 1". Goddard College. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  3. ^ Carlson, Scott (September 9, 2011). "Goddard College Takes a Highly Unconventional Path to Survival". The Chronicle of Higher Education. LVIII (3): A6. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Vermont's Goddard College to close after years of declining enrollment and financial struggles". Goddard.edu. April 10, 2024. Archived from the original on April 9, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.