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Part-Time Student

When it begins operating,
Thoreau College will have a
faculty of five (full-time) and a
student body of 75. The year
will be divided into quarters,
and students will attend
Thoreau College at alternate
quarters, and work during the
others, although all students
will reside on campus. In this
way the students will be able
to be financially independent
from their parents. Tuition is
$300 per quarter, and the
college will help provide jobs
for students during the
working portion of their
academic year. The college
hopes to secure jobs, primarily
of a service nature, in which
students will rotate between
quarters, replacing each other.