Emerson College in Pacific Grove, Calif., iswell, like a college. But not much. Though legally chartered and all that jazz, Emerson shuns entrance exams, grades, degrees and administrators. The result is one of the fresher, if freakier, experiments in U.S. education.
Emerson's goal is to encourage "intense, committed teachers to work with intense, committed students." It presumes that most conventions must be swept aside in the process. No one expects Emersonians to make the scene for a full four years. Nor has the school any established curriculum; a teacher must create his own class. For $300 a quarter (or less if the...
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