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Welcome Thank you for visiting the OpenLATCH Education Foundation web site. We are an independent accrediting foundation servicing small, local faculty-group colleges offering programs in some branch of the humanities broadly defined. OpenLATCH advocates for a non-traditional approach to liberal-arts college education, an approach that draws upon the resources of these qualified, available individuals in a way that fairly remunerates them for their time and skill but keeps the overall cost of a college-level education low. We believe the faculty college is the central key mechanism in this approach. A faculty college is a network of at least 3 faculty members working together to give a body of locally commuting students the core classes needed in a specific BA, MA, or PhD program. In essence, the faculty own the college platform upon which they operate. The administration duties are shared by the faculty members, eliminating the need for any ancillary personnel. Research is carried out through public-resource venues like municipal library consortiums or open-access online material. Classes meet in libraries, conference rooms, and other rented spaces. Consequently, a faculty-group college avoids the financial burden of landed property. All these measures combine into a financially responsible and sustainable model of higher education that engages the student and teacher in a personal and direct pedagogical relationship. The foundation of this approach is a system of peer evaluation that accredits the qualifications and pedagogical method of the faculty group. OpenLATCH exists to be this system. Examine our site. Consider the concept. Join the vision. |
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