Marlboro College

"We believe in a free interchange and in the necessity of being able to defend and articulate your ideas." - T. Wilson, Professor, Literature

Marlboro is a small, coed liberal arts college located in the foothills of the Green Mountains of southern Vermont. Marlboro offers a complete range of liberal arts study in over 30 academic areas and in international studies - from theater to physics, psychology to painting, creative writing to biochemistry. What sets Marlboro apart from most schools is the individualized course of study each student creates, culminating in intensive one-to-one tutorials with faculty, research and the development of independent projects within the Plan of Concentration.

A self-governing environment with 330 students and 115 faculty and staff members, the atmosphere at Marlboro is friendly and relaxed, with everyone getting to know each other on a first-name basis. There is no student council at Marlboro; instead there is Town Meeting, a regularly held assembly of the entire community that makes important, campus-wide decisions. Each student, faculty and staff member has an equal say and an equal vote at Town Meeting, which has in recent semesters tackled such issues as land use planning, smoking policy and the allotment of tens of thousands of dollars in project funding.