Saint John's College

Saint John's College

      private coeducational institution of higher education at Annapolis, Md., U.S.; there is also a campus in Santa Fe, N.M. St. John's bases its study of the liberal arts on the great books of the Western world. Founded by the Episcopal church in 1784, the college traces its history to King William's School (1696). It offered a conventional liberal arts education until 1937, when it adopted a revised curriculum following proposals of Robert M. Hutchins (Hutchins, Robert Maynard), president of the University of Chicago. Hutchins became chairman of the college's board in 1938. The college offers no electives, and the great books, on philosophy, mathematics, literature, political theory, theology, science, and history, are studied in seminars with tutors. Language and laboratory study are also part of the program, which includes visiting lecturers.

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