New College of Florida
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The New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college in Sarasota in the U.S. state of Florida. The college has 87 faculty members and about 800 students. It is known for its descriptive performance reviews. The students receive neither arithmetic values nor letters as grading.
History
New College was founded in 1960 as a private college for gifted students. The college opened its doors in 1964 for 101 students. As a teacher, among other things, the philosopher of history Arnold J. Toynbee was brought out of retirement. By 1972 the college had over 500 students.
In 1975, the College had but accumulated debt of 3.9 million U.S. dollars and was on the verge of bankruptcy. The University of South Florida was interested in buying the property and facilities, to establish a new campus. With an unusual agreement, the SC agreed to transfer the state of the campus and the assets. In turn, the latter took over the debts and ran the College continue as an independent unit within the University of South Florida. The USF opened then a branch in Sarasota, who used the same campus. Thus began a troubled relationship between New College and USF that would last 27 years until August 28, 2006, USF opened a stand-alone campus for USF Sarasota- Manatee.
Famous people
Lecturers
- Arnold J. Toynbee, philosopher of history
Graduates
- David Allen, author and consultant
- Lincoln Diaz- Balart, politician and member of the House of Representatives of the United States
- William C. Dudley, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- William Thurston, mathematician
- Sarah Rose Karr, actress
- Mark Weiser, computer