Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, is a co-educational liberal arts college known for being the first American college to prohibit in its charter all discrimination based on race, religion, or sex; for its refusal to accept government funding; and for its monthly publication, Imprimis, with a circulation of over 2.6 million. National Review has described Hillsdale as a "citadel of American conservatism."

Hillsdale College has long been considered a major player in the history and development of American conservatism, a reputation that became most noticeable during the 1970s and continues to the present. Most of the curriculum is based on and centered around the teachings of the Western heritage as a product of both the Greco-Roman culture and the Judeo-Christian religion. These, in turn, encompass the principles of the American Founding and the college's academic emphasis on such, especially in relation to its own founding. Hillsdale is among the few non-military colleges in the United States that require every student, regardless of major, to study the U.S. Constitution as a core requirement. Additionally, prominent conservative theorist Russell Kirk had a substantial career there and allowed Hillsdale to inherit many of his original writings. The college houses and displays the personal library of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises as well. Hillsdale College has been featured as a conservative institution by Young Americans for Freedom and the Heritage Foundation.

More than 1,400 students attend Hillsdale from 47 states, the District of Columbia, and eight foreign countries. The college employs 124 full-time faculty members. Hillsdale offers a variety of liberal arts majors, pre-professional programs, a teacher education program, and a journalism certificate program. Located in south-central Michigan, United States, its 200 acre campus contains multiple instructional and office buildings, thirteen residence halls, six fraternity and sorority houses, an athletic complex, music hall, arts center, conference center, hotel, preschool, private K-12 academy, and an arboretum. Hillsdale's campus includes Hillsdale Academy, a private K-12 liberal arts school.