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38-466: The Association's principal programs are summer seminars for high school students and the operation of scholarship "branches" for college students. These residential programs are extremely selective and are offered at no cost to the students. The Association is governed largely by those elected to membership from its recent alumni, Deep Springs College alumni, and current Branch students. Lucien Lucius Nunn founded this association in 1910 after building

76-490: A Sedgwick Scholar to stay at Telluride House and to study at Cornell, usually for a master's degree, and sending a Housemember to study for an Oxford M.Phil. while resident at Lincoln College. Despite efforts of both sides, the program was ended in 2002. The Reese Miller Exchange Scholarship is available to students at Cornell University, University of Michigan , Central European University in Budapest , Hungary , and

114-429: A men's college backed by funding from L. L. Nunn , a lawyer and businessman. Nunn envisioned an unorthodox form of education that combined academic rigor, manual labor, and self-governance. Located in a geological depression , its campus is situated within a cattle ranch with the aim of providing a secluded environment away from urban life so undergraduates may focus on their studies and leadership ability. The college

152-504: A Branch the following year. The award funds non-paying public service activity during the summer that is outside of an academic institution. The Nunn Archive Fellowship is awarded to help associates study and preserve the legacy of Lucien Lucius Nunn . Beginning in the late 1950s, the Telluride House at Cornell operated a two-year postgraduate exchange scholarship program with Lincoln College of Oxford University , welcoming

190-462: A central role in the educational experience. The college also contains a bookstore , post office , and a library , all maintained by students. Partly due to Nunn's previous experience closing down a school in Virginia due to students deserting campus, the school's "isolation policy" forbids students from leaving the college's campus and prohibits the use of alcohol . Deep Springs used to have

228-672: A community environment. As of 2012, the program's admissions rate was 4.4 percent. Notable alumni of TASPs include: Nationally known faculty who taught at TASPs include: Starting with the summer of 2022, the Telluride Association retired the names of its two previous summer programs, including TASP and the Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar (TASS). Instead, the Association began offering summer programs under two new names:

266-482: A cult-like experience focused on parroting anti-racist slogans. He stated that two Asian students, as well as himself, were kicked out of the program for alleged racism. Another alumna of the program described a similarly cult-like atmosphere in 2015. Deep Springs College Deep Springs College (known simply as Deep Springs or DS ) is a private junior college in Deep Springs, California . With

304-594: A direct telephone line crossing the White Mountains, but difficult maintenance made service unsustainable. The line was replaced in the 1980s by a wireless radio link connecting to the Bishop central office . Because the radio signal is relayed using a repeater station high in the White Mountains, and because the first relay out of Deep Springs Valley does not have line of sight , the system is subject to outages caused by high winds and inclement weather. Previously,

342-761: A fortune building alternating current power plants in the Western United States . Nunn's first projects—a hydroelectric plant in Telluride, Colorado , and the Olmsted Power Station in Provo, Utah —served as the foundation for his inspiration to create a new type of educational institution. As it became difficult to find enough engineers capable of living under rough conditions, he began schooling local men and pursued an interest in education. Nunn eventually sold his industrial assets to fund

380-518: A maximum length of 1,500 words. Sample essay prompts included "Discuss a specific problem or topic in a field that interests you" and "Write a critical analysis of a book, poem, play, essay, or other text you have read outside of school." Promising candidates received an interview with one or more Telluride associates. Applicants' test scores and transcripts were given only limited consideration, with application readers selecting for "geographic, economic, and racial diversity" and students who would thrive in

418-512: A passion for learning. The participants, or TASPers, attend an intensive seminar led by college and university faculty members and participate in many educational and social activities outside the classroom. Like the Telluride houses, each TASP receives a discretionary budget, whose use is democratically distributed via weekly house meetings. Many students are invited to apply based on strong standardized test scores, such as by scoring highly on

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456-694: A result of the self-contained community that forms. Since the first TASP was held in 1954, TASPs have been held at college and university campuses across the United States, including Cornell University , the University of Texas at Austin , Deep Springs College , Johns Hopkins University , Williams College , the University of Michigan , Washington University in St. Louis , Kenyon College , and St. John's College . Applicants to TASP were required to write essays in response to six prompts, with each essay

494-414: A separate two-year college founded by Nunn in 1917. Telluride Association Summer Program Telluride Association Summer Programs , or TASPs, are selective six-week educational experiences for rising high school seniors offering intellectual challenges beyond secondary school level. The programs are designed to bring together young and intellectually bright students from around the world who share

532-605: A substantial portion going on to attend Cornell University , Brown University or the University of California, Berkeley . Self-governance is a critical part of the Deep Springs educational program. Students hold decision-making authority in determinations about admissions, curriculum, and faculty hiring. Every student serves on one of four standing committees during their time as a student: Applications (ApCom), Curriculum (CurCom), Communications (ComCom) or Review and Reinvitations (RCom). The Communications Committee (ComCom)

570-732: A variety of interdisciplinary themes, while TASSes focused on African American studies and related fields. In 2022, the Telluride Association restructured the TASP and TASS programs, changing them to two new ones: the Telluride Association Summer Seminar in Critical Black Studies (TASS-CBS) and the Telluride Association Summer Seminar in Anti-Oppressive Studies (TASS-AOS). Telluride Association Awards are awarded to members of

608-471: Is non-denominational and tied to no particular political viewpoint. Telluride Houses, or Branches, have operated at Cornell University since 1910 and at the University of Michigan since 1999. Students participate in a year-round public speaking program and plan academic seminars. The houses are largely self-governed, with somewhat different focuses: residents of Cornell Branch take on such responsibilities as hiring employees and maintaining and renovating

646-407: Is primarily maintained and self-governed by students, becoming a coeducational institution in 2018. The college's alumni include Rhodes and Truman Scholars, two Pulitzer Prize recipients, three MacArthur Fellows , and winners of an Emmy and Lawrence Award , among multiple academics and congressmen . Deep Springs was founded in 1917 by L. L. Nunn , a business magnate who made

684-587: The Telluride Association , an educational trust based at Cornell University , and the Telluride House . After becoming dissatisfied with the association's mission, he founded Deep Springs and helped in its administration until his death in 1925. The establishment of Deep Springs was a reaction to what Nunn saw as a decline in academic standards in traditional American colleges. His philosophy governing Deep Springs focused strictly around

722-499: The University of Cape Town , South Africa . The scholarship operates as an exchange for one semester or one year between recent undergraduates and graduate students at Cornell and CEU and between students at University of Michigan and UCT. The Atkinson-Tetreault Fellowship is available to Masters in Regional Planning students at Cornell University. The award is offered once every two years and includes room and board at

760-413: The University of Michigan , Indiana University and the University of Maryland at College Park . Participants attended an intensive seminar led by college and university faculty members and participated in educational and social activities outside the classroom. Like the houses, each seminar received a discretionary budget, whose use is democratically distributed via weekly house meetings. TASPs focused on

798-457: The natural science and humanities department—and a division of visiting professors and scholars which make up the short-term faculty, neither of which may hold tenure at the College proper. Undergraduates work a minimum of 20 hours a week, rotating tasks while also studying for their classes. Students attend classes during the morning and spend the afternoon working on the ranch. Though

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836-623: The PSAT, or through the nomination of educators who are familiar with TASP. However, any high school junior may request an application, and acceptance largely ignores standardized test scores and graded academic performance. Like other Telluride programs, TASPs are free. TASPs also advocate a self-contained community of learning among the TASPers at any one of the four TASP seminars. TASPers are encouraged to engage in activities together outside of seminars. Often, TASPers form close bonds over six weeks as

874-399: The Telluride Association Summer Seminar in Critical Black Studies (TASS-CBS) and the Telluride Association Summer Seminar in Anti-Oppressive Studies (TASS-AOS). Vincent Lloyd , professor and director of Africana studies at Villanova University , wrote an article about his experience teaching at one of the restructured courses that replaced Telluride Association Summer Program. He described

912-447: The Telluride House, a stipend, and a partial tuition award. Telluride Association consists of about 100 volunteer members who serve as the Association's trustees. Members are elected to membership, usually while in their twenties, on the basis of demonstrated leadership and commitment to Telluride's educational goals. The Association's membership is mainly current and former participants of its programs and alumni of Deep Springs College ,

950-430: The Telluride community by the Association. The Mansfield-Wefald Senior Thesis Prize is awarded annually for the best scholarly thesis written by a Telluride associate who will have completed his or her final year of undergraduate education that year. The Mike Yarrow Adventurous Education Award is given annually to a returning member of a Branch of Telluride Association, or a Deep Springs student who will be entering

988-546: The administration of the college by laboring in the field and contributing to student meetings during committees, which Nunn believed was an effective method of producing "leaders for a democratic society". To this end, the board of trustees , which Nunn established to preserve the college's traditions, contained one—later two—seats that were reserved for student trustees, who were elected by the student body and currently remain with full voice and voting rights. Due to his correspondence with these early student bodies, Nunn decided

1026-727: The admissions policy and included an injunction preventing the college from accepting female students until at least the 2018–2019 academic year. On April 13, 2017, the California Court of Appeal ruled that the college could admit women in Hitz v. Hoekstra . With the Supreme Court of California declining to hear an appeal, the board of trustees voted once again to admit women, with the first female students arriving in July 2018. Deep Springs involves students working on tasks in

1064-401: The college accepted a $ 1.8 million low-interest loan from Telluride under the condition that Deep Springs would begin admitting women by 2019. In 2011, the college's trustees voted to begin accepting female students in the summer of 2013 but became embroiled in legal challenges which were lodged against the trustees' action. The challengers disputed the authority of the college's board to change

1102-416: The college would provide student housing and would not include a tuition . In the 1990s, the school's leadership debated transitioning the college to be coeducational . Whereas many women in the Telluride Association advocated for the change, a large portion of the school's alumni wished to keep its status as a men's college. Though the board of Deep Springs voted against making any change in 1994, in 1998

1140-418: The college's Internet connection was an unusually slow 14.4 kbit/s data channel multiplexed into the radio link. Not later than 2011, the college connected to the internet by satellite . Deep Springs has an FM radio -based Voice over Internet Protocol phone system, and direct inward dialing . A small seismic station exists behind the main campus, installed by the former Soviet Union as part of

1178-545: The first Telluride House at Cornell University . The first President of the Telluride Association was Charles Doolittle Walcott , a paleontologist and fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . The house originally provided room and board for young men who had worked for Nunn and were studying engineering at Cornell . It has since expanded to encompass a variety of co-educational summer programs, scholarships, and additional houses. The Association

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1216-411: The house, while residents of Michigan Branch plan and execute an annual project linking practical work in the community with theoretical and academic inquiry. Distinguished alumni include Steven Weinberg , Barber Conable , Eve Sedgwick , Francis Fukuyama , Paul Wolfowitz , Jan Švejnar , Dominick LaCapra , William vanden Heuvel , William T. Vollman and Gayatri Spivak . Faculty guests also live at

1254-656: The houses for limited terms. Distinguished faculty guests have included Michel Foucault , Richard Feynman , Frances Perkins , Linus Pauling , and Allan Bloom . Telluride Houses formerly existed in Pasadena, California , the University of California, Berkeley , and the University of Chicago . The Association previously offered two summer programs: Telluride Association Summer Programs (TASPs) and Telluride Association Sophomore Seminars (TASSes). Both were six-week, free educational experiences for rising high school seniors and juniors, respectively, hosted at Cornell University ,

1292-413: The majority of learning is cooperatively determined between professors and students, taking the form of both in-class seminars and outside of the classroom reading groups and discussions, there are two required courses: freshman composition and public speaking. After graduation, approximately two-thirds of the student body transfer to an Ivy League university or another similarly ranked institution, with

1330-409: The number of undergraduates restricted to 26, the college is one of the smallest institutions of higher education in the United States. Though it offers an associate degree , most students transfer into a four-year college after completing their studies. Those enrolled pay no tuition and are given room and board . Founded in 1917 as Deep Springs Collegiate and Preparatory , it was originally

1368-454: The on-campus ranch, farm, and boarding house, including "cooking, cleaning, gardening, milking cows, saddling horses, herding cattle, moving hay, butchering chickens, wiring cables, sorting library books, and fixing vehicles" with the academic curriculum dedicated wholly to the liberal arts such as Ancient Greek , philosophy, political science, and literature. Classes are taught by a long-term faculty —the president , dean , and chairs of

1406-534: The pursuit of "academics, labor, and self-governance", something he dubbed the "three pillars" which supported the "whole man". The inclusion of manual labor in a college's educational program was unusual in 1917, but a number of so-called manual labor colleges had existed in the United States in the 19th century—including, at one time, Oberlin College , which Nunn attended. By the early 1860s, most had either closed or had abandoned their manual labor programs. Nunn's pillars entailed students playing an active role in

1444-684: Was created in the early 1990s and charged with shaping the policies that define the college's relations with the world at large. Deep Springs College is isolated within Deep Springs Valley , a geological depression between the White and Inyo mountain ranges, with the nearest sizable town being Bishop, California , and the closest commercial airport being in Las Vegas . With the college's campus consisting primarily of its 32,000-acre (13,000 ha) ranch, its physical isolation plays

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