Ralston College

Ralston College
MottoAnimus crescat (Latin)
Motto in English
"Let your mind expand"
"Let your spirit rise"
"Let your courage thrive"
TypePrivate institution of higher learning
Established2010; 14 years ago (2010)
FounderStephen Blackwood
Accreditationunaccredited
Endowment$650,272 (2020)
ChancellorJordan Peterson
PresidentStephen Blackwood
Academic staff
3
Students24 (Fall 2022)
Location, ,
United States

32°4′15″N 81°5′48″W / 32.07083°N 81.09667°W / 32.07083; -81.09667
CampusUrban
ColorsBlack and White
   
Websiteralston.ac

Ralston College is a private unaccredited liberal arts college[1] in Savannah, Georgia. It describes itself as being dedicated to "freedom of thought and speech",[2][3][4] and is associated with prominent conservative figures,[4][5] with Stephen Blackwood as president, Jordan B. Peterson as Chancellor and funding from conservative activists including Paul Marshall.[6] Ralston College started accepting graduate students to its one-year MA in the Humanities in the summer of 2022.

  1. ^ Fish, Stanley (November 8, 2010). "The Woe-Is-Us Books". The New York Times. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "'About Ralston College'". Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  3. ^ "A Startup College Dedicated to Free Speech". National Review. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Ahmed, Nafeez (10 December 2021). "Peter Thiel's Free Speech for Race Science Crusade at Cambridge University Revealed". Byline Times. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  5. ^ Kelly, Jemima (October 26, 2023). "The Reopening of the American Mind". Financial Times. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  6. ^ Graystone, Andrew. "The Marshall Plan". prospectmagazine. Prospect Magazine. Retrieved 7 May 2024. The Sequoia Trust is chaired by Marshall, with his wife and son among the trustees. It was founded in 2015 and in the year to mid-2022 dispensed some £80m in charitable giving; its net assets stood at £417m. It gave £10m to the Church Revitalisation Trust (CRT); £1m to HTB; and £18m to Ralston College, a new liberal arts college in Savannah, Georgia which admitted a grand total of 24 students in the academic year beginning in autumn 2022. The college's chancellor is the controversial right-wing culture warrior Jordan Peterson.