Bennington College

Bennington College was established in 1932 as a laboratory to explore new approaches in higher education. Its continued emphasis on self-directed learning, made real through hands-on experience in the field, has established Bennington as a bellwether among the nationÕs liberal arts colleges.All Bennington students receive graduate-style advising from faculty who are each active practitioners in their fields, and 100 percent of students graduate with internship experience in the field of their choice.To place students at the helm of their own education, to guide them in the direction of their greatest potential, and to expand and deepen their contribution to the world.