Experimental College is kind of like community ed, but edgier. Which totally fits with the stereotype of Macalester students I just learned about.

EXCO is committed to using education as a force for social equality and justice and was started as a reaction by students to the cutting of need-blind admissions at Macalester.

Begun in the Spring of 2006 by Macalester students as an alternative to the inequalities and injustices of higher education, EXCO strives to offer the Macalester and surrounding community the opportunity to teach or learn in a space open to alternative education and all kinds of knowledge, including and beyond academic knowledge. Everyone can teach or take a class, and all classes are free.

There are 19 classes offered next term, which starts soon (but I haven’t seen an exact date anywhere).

To register for a class email the teacher, visit www.EXCOtc.org, or come to the EXCO infosession on Thursday, January 25th at 6pm in Macalester’s Campus Center, 1600 Grand Ave, St. Paul MN. Spread the word! People of color, queers, radicals, interesting people, etc, are preferred, though everyone is welcome.

This term’s offerings (and teacher emails) are listed after the jump.

American Indians and their Lands (tjanis @indianlandtenure.org)
Basic Bicycle Maintenance (dteske@macalester.edu)
Bike Feminism (cstoscheck@gmail.com)
Black Folk: Culture Defeats Holocaust (kalpulli (at) kalpulli.net)
Fundamentals of Jazz and Competition Dance (phiggs@macalester.edu)
Fundamentals of Longform Improv (massivecreativity@gmail.com)
Global Warming and Energy: Renewing Our Future (tdenherder-thomas@macalester.edu)
Imagination and Social Liberation (ewd @uchicago.edu)
Immigration/Migration: Local, National, and Trans-National (trebert@macalester.edu)
Intro to Anarchist Theory (brogers@macalester.edu)
Introduction to Theatre of the Oppressed (cas_oya@yahoo.com)
Latino Labor Rights Organizing for Alternatives to Globalization (eduardocardenas@mac.com)
Leadership and Social Change (m_moua@comcast.net)
Political Campaigns 101: An Inside Look (davidwbenson@gmail.com)
Southern Studies (Don’t F*ck the South) (asolberg@macalester.edu)
The Great Law of Peace: Past, Present, and Future (kalpulli@kalpulli.net)
The Social Responsibility of African American Music (Drprof2148@hotmail.com)
Urban Gardening Reading Group (wells @macalester.edu)
Working for A Sustainable Saint Paul (teknoj@gmail.com)

I’d be interested in the two bicycle classes. And maybe the sustainable St Paul class, even though I don’t live there. I bet that’s state senator Mee Moua teaching the Leadership and Social Change class.

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