Ralston College

'''Ralston College''' is a [[liberal arts college]] in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]]. It was founded on February 1, 2010 and as of December 2010 is not yet accepting applications for admission. The [[Patron|patrons]] of Ralston College are [[Harold Bloom]], [[Hilary Putnam]], and [[Salman Rushdie]]. The members of the [[Visitor|Board of Visitors]] are Guyanne Booth, Rhea Bright, Timothy Burgess, [[Mary T. Clark]], [[Donald Drakeman]], [[Stanley Fish]], [[Reginald Foster (Latinist)|Reginald Foster]], [[Geoffrey Harpham]], [[Mark Henrie]], [[Douglas Hofstadter]], [[Roger Kimball]], [[John Leo]], [[Harry R. Lewis|Harry Lewis]], [[Jay Parini]], [[William Craig Rice]], and [[Jane S. Shaw|Jane Shaw]]. An [[opinion piece]] by Stanley Fish that appeared in the [[Online newspaper|online edition]] of the [[The New York Times|New York Times]] on November 8th, 2010 contains a discussion of Ralston College and its president, [[Stephen J. Blackwood|Stephen Blackwood]]. On March 17th, 2011 ''MindingTheCampus.com'', a web magazine that appears under the auspices of the [[Center for the American University]] at the [[Manhattan Institute]], published an essay by [[Harvey Silverglate]], a Co-Founder and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the [[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]], in which he suggests that the advent of Ralston College is reflective of a certain degree of dissatisfaction with what Silverglate sees as the totalitarian and corporatized character of many colleges and universities in the United States. == External links == * [http://www.ralston.ac Ralston College] * [http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/the-woe-is-us-books/ Stanley Fish on Ralston College] * [http://www.twitter.com/RalstonCollege Ralston College's Twitter Feed] * [http://www.facebook.com/ralstoncollege Ralston College's Facebook Wall] {{coord missing|Georgia (U.S. state)}}