History of Shimer College - Wikipedia
Shimer has evolved over time from a coeducational seminary to a women's seminary, a women's academy, a women's junior college, a women's college, and finally a coeducational Great Books college. Throughout its existence, it has been involved a series of crises and profound changes.
Shimer Great Books School - Wikipedia
Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈ ʃ aɪ m ər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853.
Shimer College is gone, but the school lives on - Chicago Reader
2021年8月18日 · Founded in 1853, and a Great Books school since 1950 (it was affiliated with the University of Chicago from 1896 to 1958), Shimer persisted as a fiercely independent liberal arts college, even...
College of Arts & Sciences: Shimer Great Books School
Join our community of self-directed learners at the Shimer Great Books School, and engage the great conversation through a classical liberal arts curriculum.
List of Shimer College people - Wikipedia
This is a list of notable students and faculty of Shimer College, a Great Books college that was acquired in 2017 by North Central College. Founded in 1853, Shimer occupied a traditional college campus in Mount Carroll, Illinois, from 1853 to 1978, and an improvised campus in Waukegan from 1979 to 2006.
Shimer Great Books School Curriculum | North Central College
Shimer Great Books School at North Central College accepts home-school diplomas and transfer applications in addition to freshman applications, international student applications and veteran applications.
Shimer Great Books School: Humanities | North Central College
A Shimer School of Great Books education teaches students the critical thinking necessary to handle extraordinary intellectual challenges. Shimer graduates have had successful careers in a wide range of professions, including: Educators; Attorneys; Physicians; Wall Street analysts; Financial advisors; Entrepreneurs; Designers; Engineers ...
Shimer Great Books School - North Central College
2024年11月6日 · Shimer Great Books School provides and preserves education centered on discussion of enduring questions and issues. Historically influential original sources are studied through Socratic questioning in small seminar classes, following the kind of Great Books curriculum advocated by Robert Maynard Hutchins.
Shimer Will Become Part of North Central College - Inside Higher Ed
2016年5月26日 · North Central College is poised to acquire Shimer College under an agreement between Illinois institutions that leaders hope will have Shimer, a small four-year Great Books college, becoming its own division in a larger institution.
understanding at the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College. Find it in the words of the authors of enduring works — from Plato to Curie to Shakespeare. In the faculty who will guide you into deeper thinking. And in the peers who will challenge and inspire you to explore new perspectives. PURSUE WISDOM