Faculty / Letter
"What we owe a student who pays nothing"
The founding faculty on the obligations of free instruction — and why selectivity, not subsidy, is the cost we refuse to charge.
Higher education has confused access with credentials, and seriousness with cost. Neponset begins from the opposite premise: that the doors should be open to anyone willing to do the work — and that what happens behind those doors should be honest, demanding, and unmistakably real.
The founding faculty on the obligations of free instruction — and why selectivity, not subsidy, is the cost we refuse to charge.
Eleven seminars, eleven faculty, eleven syllabi. A look at what's being read, written, and argued in the inaugural term.
Eighteen public-facing documents — academic integrity, refund policy, conflict of interest, Title IX. All published, all in plain language.
Tuition charged to admitted students. Now and in perpetuity.
Seminars in the inaugural Spring 2026 term.
Public-facing policies, all published in full and in plain language.
Faculty serving as volunteers — practitioners, scholars, retired professors.
Admissions are open and rolling. The application is brief: a writing sample, a statement of intent, and a credential check. There is no application fee, no test requirement, and no minimum GPA.