Frequently Asked Questions

and Their Answers

(This is a living, breathing, changeable document; nothing is set in stone!)

 

Q: What are your goals?

A. They’re multifold. Among them:

a. Ensure that faculty, staff, and students are able to receive appropriate compensation and tuition
reimbursement / financial aid forgiveness from the Goddard College Corporation when a sale is

finalized, and that the proceeds do not go into the hands of administrators or organizations with
incompatible missions.

b. Collaboratively re-envision and transform the institution’s governance structure into a transparently,

inclusively, justly, and cooperatively run college, retaining much of the radical pedagogy of the former

Goddard College but not its top-down governance system.

c. We are hoping to work with the new campus owners to secure a place for our new college's residencies
and events. If that is not possible, we are thinking about different models for these programs.

d. If it continues to seem a viable and desirable idea, partner with other institutions with similar missions to

reinvigorate their programs and ours, and perhaps “cross-pollinate” in various ways.

e. Hire excellent faculty and staff to carry on what we hope will be our legacy as eager co-learners and

venerable ancestors.

f. Attract students who wish to immerse themselves in anticolonial, antipatriarchal, antiracist, ecologically

sensitive, creative, intellectually rigorous, collaborative studies and activities.

 

Q. Why didn't we just buy the campus?

For starters, we don’t have and couldn’t quickly raise enough money to (a) buy the campus; (b) repair and
upgrade all the buildings, all of which have been badly neglected and are in need of major restoration work; and
(d) re-create the academic programs, reapply for accreditation (which does not transfer automatically), wait for accreditation, and wait for the first cohorts of students to apply and pay full tuition while hiring excellent, properly compensated faculty and staff. We are focused on pedagogical priorities, because the one thing almost all Goddard students and alumni agree on is that the learning/sharing/co-creating/self-directed experience is what makes
Goddard unique and most beloved.

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Q: What's happening with the library and archives?

A. The library staff will soon not be employed at Goddard College. They were committed to ensuring that all materials
were returned to any former students who wished them to be returned. Remake Goddard considers the protection
and safe rehousing of the entire library collection including the archives to be an absolute necessity; we’re doing all
we can to ensure that happens. College librarian David Hale volunteered to safely house some of the projects until
they can be shipped or picked up.

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Q: Did you talk to Senator Sanders?

A. We have reached out and continue to reach out to all elected officials in the state as well as those who

represent Vermont in Washington for all assistance they can provide. We are also working with the Vermont
Attorney General's Office to pursue legal avenues.

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Q: Have we asked wealthy alumni for monetary support?

A. Not yet. If you are a wealthy graduate or friend, we would be more than happy to accept your generous

strings-free donation. Here’s the link to our donation page. All donations will be put toward our mission and

all expenditures will be made publicly available.

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Q: What is the difference between this and other groups?

A. Remake Goddard grew out of a group of faculty, staff, students, and alumni that formed when the

Goddard College Corporation announced it would be closing campus and has been meeting regularly ever

since. We ramped up activities when the entire college closure was announced and are working on multiple

fronts. We have nearly 200 active members who attend meetings and have joined task groups. We are not

in competition with anyone but focused on our goals.