Additional Readings

The words of founder Earl Shorris

• "As a Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor -- On the Use of a Liberal Education" (Harper's Magazine, September 1997)
• Social Transformation through the Humanities: An Interview with Earl Shorris

Major news outlets

• "Doing Hard Work of the Mind" (Chicago Tribune, June 2006)
• "Free College Classes, from N.Y. to D.C." (New York Times, November 2005)
• "Mind Over Subject Matter" (Los Angeles Times, April 2004)
• "Professors Give Low-Income Adults a Second Chance at Life" (Chicago Tribune, August 2003)
• "Expanding Horizons for Low-Income Students" (Washington Post, April 2002)
• "Lifted Up by Liberal Arts" (Christian Science Monitor, February 2001)
• "Plato in Action: Earl Shorris" (2000 National Humanities Medalists, January/February 2001)
• "Wealth of Ideas" (Philadelphia Inquirer, January 2001)
• "For the Homeless, Rebirth Through Socrates" (New York Times, March 1999)

Additional mentions in the press

• "7 Graduate From New College Course" (Standard-Times, May 2006)
• "Congratulations, Clemente Graduates!" (Ideas: Newsletter of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, Summer 2005)
• "Quality Redo for Women Dropouts" (Christian Science Monitor, September 2005)
• "Cuts Threaten Studies Program for Poor" (Boston Globe, September 2005)
• "Downtrodden Adults Gain Edge from Classes in Art, Literature" (Chicago Sun-Times, April 2004)