Goddard College

Goddard College began in 1863 in Barre, Vermont, northeast of Middlebury as the Green Mountain Central Institute. In 1870, it was renamed Goddard Seminary in honor of {{ill|Thomas A. Goddard|qid=Q100213872}} (1811–1868) and his wife Mary (1816–1889).{{cite news |last=Huff |first=Mel |date=November 2, 2007 |title=Goddard Goes Global |url=https://www.timesargus.com/articles/goddard-goes-global/ |work=Barre Montpelier Times Argus |location=Barre, VT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702175820/https://www.timesargus.com/articles/goddard-goes-global/ |archive-date=2018-07-02 |url-status=dead}} Goddard was a prominent merchant in Boston, and was one of the school's earliest and most generous benefactors.

Founded by Universalists, Goddard Seminary was originally a four-year preparatory high school, primarily affiliated with Tufts College in eastern Massachusetts. For many years the seminary prospered. Many public high schools opening in the 20th century made many of the private New England academies obsolete. Attempting to save it, the trustees added a Junior College to the seminary in 1935, with a seminary graduate, Royce S. "Tim" Pitkin, as president.{{cite book|last=Benson, Ann Giles &|first=Frank Adams|title=To Know For Real: Royce S. Pitkin and Goddard College|year=1999|publisher=Adamant Press|location=Adamant, Vt|isbn=978-0912362205|pages=5–20}}

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In 1936, under his leadership, the seminary concluded that for Goddard to survive, an entirely new institution would need to be created. Many educators and laymen agreed with him. Pitkin was supported by Stanley C. Wilson, former governor of Vermont and chairman of the Goddard Seminary Board of Trustees; Senators George Aiken and Ralph Flanders; and Dorothy Canfield Fisher.{{cite news|last=Archer|first=Leonard B|title=College Governed Town Meeting Style, Its Buildings a Vermont Farm|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|date=Jan 13, 1951}} Pitkin persuaded the board of trustees to embrace a new style of education, one substituting individual attention, democracy, and informality for the traditionally austere and autocratic educational model. On March 13, 1938, Goddard College was chartered. In July 1938 the newly formed Goddard College moved to Greatwood Farm in Plainfield, Vermont.

The new Goddard was an experimental and progressive college. For its first 21 years of operation, Goddard was unaccredited and small, but it built a reputation as one of the most innovative colleges in the country.{{cite journal|last=Carlson|first=Scott|title=Goddard College Takes a Highly Unconventional Path to Survival|journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=Sep 9, 2011|volume=LVIII|issue=3|page=A1|url=http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/128876/|access-date=12 March 2013}} Especially noteworthy was Goddard's use of discussion as the basic method in classroom teaching; its emphasis on the whole lives of students in determining personal curricula; its incorporation of practical work into the life of every student; and its development of the college as a self-governing learning community in which everyone had a voice.{{cite news|last=Kiester|first=Ed|title=The Most Unusual College in the U.S.|newspaper=Parade Magazine|date=Jan 30, 1955}}

In 1959 Goddard College was accredited. One of the founding principles of Goddard was to provide educational opportunities for adults.{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Forest K. |title=Things Were Different in Royce's Day: Royce S. Pitkin as Progressive Educator: A Perspective from Goddard College, 1950–1967 |year=1996 |publisher=Adamant Press |location=Adamant, Vermont |isbn=978-0912362175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/thingswerediffer0000davi/page/115 115] |url=https://archive.org/details/thingswerediffer0000davi/page/115}} There was a great need for a program for adults who had not completed college, to obtain degrees without disrupting their family lives or careers. The Adult Degree Program (ADP), created by Evalyn Bates, was established in 1963. It was the first low-residency adult education program in the country. Over the years many experimental programs were designed at Goddard. The programs included the Goddard Experimental Program for Further Education, Design Build Program, Goddard Cambridge Program for Social Change, Third World Studies Program, Institute for Social Ecology, Single Parent Program and many others.

Based on its use of narrative transcripts instead of traditional letter grades, as well as learner-designed curricula, Goddard was among the founding members of the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities. In 2002, after 54 years, the college terminated its residential undergraduate degree program and became an exclusively low-residency college. In 2005, the college expanded to the West Coast and established a residency site in Port Townsend, Washington. In July 2011 Goddard began to offer their non-licensure education program in Seattle.

Goddard was placed on probation in 2018 by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) because of a perceived "[lack of] stability of executive leadership" and concerns about the college's financial resources.[http://www.goddard.edu/policies/accreditation Goddard accreditation statement] Retrieved 15 February 2015{{Cite web|url=https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/local/goddard-college-optimistic-while-on-probation/article_c510e7a7-5e56-5955-a121-440a7aff04ec.html|title=Goddard College optimistic while on probation|first=Eric|last=Blaisdell|website=Rutland Herald|date=December 11, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.neche.org/goddard-college-on-probation/|title=Goddard College on Probation|date=2018-12-03|website=NECHE|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226053140/https://www.neche.org/goddard-college-on-probation/|url-status=dead}} The probation was lifted in 2020 after the college satisfied the commission that it had rectified those issues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goddard.edu/featured-posts/accreditation-vote-re-invigorates-goddard-college/|title=Accreditation Vote Re-Invigorates Goddard College|date=2020-09-25|website=GODDARD|language=en-US|access-date=2020-12-28|archive-date=July 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702152740/https://www.goddard.edu/featured-posts/accreditation-vote-re-invigorates-goddard-college/|url-status=dead}} In January 2024, Goddard announced that it would temporarily end its low-residency programs in favor of online learning.{{Cite web |last=Moody |first=Josh |date=January 23, 2024 |title=Goddard College Goes Online Only |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/01/23/vermonts-goddard-college-goes-online-only |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=Inside Higher Ed |language=en}}

Goddard College closed at the end of the spring semester in 2024, due to a precipitious decline in enrollment from 1,900 in the 1970s to less than 250 in 2024.{{cite web |last1=Nietzel |first1=Michael T. |title=Goddard College Is Closing |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/04/10/goddard-college-is-closing |website=Forbes |access-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423060157/https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2024/04/10/goddard-college-is-closing/ |archive-date=23 April 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}} The main campus in Plainfield, was put up for sale and in late May was announced to be under contract at a price of $3.4 million to an undisclosed buyer.{{cite news |last1=Petenko |first1=Erin |title=Goddard College has inked a deal to sell its campus to an unnamed buyer |url=https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/29/goddard-college-has-inked-a-deal-to-sell-its-campus-to-an-unnamed-buyer/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=VTDigger |date=29 May 2024}} A group of alumni and townspeople organized to attempt to block the sale.{{Cite web |last=Brannstrom |first=Tracy |date=2024-07-05 |title=Community Group Tries to Halt $3.4 Million Sale of Goddard Campus |url=https://montpelierbridge.org/2024/07/community-group-tries-to-halt-3-4-million-sale-of-goddard-campus/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Montpelier Bridge |language=en-US}} In early July 2024 the school announced it was for sale again, with no explanation of what had happened with the previous deal.{{cite news |last1=Vega de Soto |first1=Juan |title=Goddard College campus up for sale again, after deal with previous buyer collapses |url=https://vtdigger.org/2024/07/17/goddard-college-campus-up-for-sale-again-after-deal-with-previous-buyer-collapses/ |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=VTDigger |date=17 July 2024}} On August 2, 2024, the college announced plans to sell the campus to a local group, the Greatwood Project, formed by college alumni and former faculty.{{cite news |last1=Watson |first1=Samantha |title=Goddard College to sell campus to alumni group |url=https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-08-02/goddard-college-campus-sell-alumni-group?utm_medium=email&utm_source=engagingnetworks&utm_campaign=the_frequency&utm_content=the-frequency-20240805+-+Core |access-date=5 August 2024 |work=Vermont Public |date=2 August 2024}}

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The campus in Plainfield was founded in 1938 on the grounds of a late 19th-century model farm: The Greatwood Farm & Estate consisted of shingle-style buildings and gardens designed by Arthur Shurcliff. The Village of Learning, consisted of eleven dormitory buildings, was built adjacent to the ensemble of renovated farm buildings in 1963 to accommodate an increasing student population. The Pratt Center & Library, designed to be at the heart of a larger campus, was constructed in 1968. No other significant new construction were added after 1968.

On March 7, 1996, the Greatwood campus was recognized for its historic and architectural significance by its inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=96000253}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form:Goddard College Greatwood Campus|author=Hal Hutchinson|access-date = 2015-07-29|format = PDF|date=May 1995|publisher=National Park Service}} {{NRHP url|id=95000702|title=12 Photos (1995)|photos=y}}

A U.S. Army post from 1902 to 1953,Fort Worden much of the fort was renovated and adapted as a year-round, multi-use facility dedicated to lifelong learning. It housed several organizations which comprise Fort Worden State Park. The fort was on a bluff overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Inlet near Port Townsend, Washington.

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The MA in Education program, originally held in the Plainfield-based low-residency program, expanded in 2011 into Columbia City, a neighborhood in southeastern Seattle.

The program trained students in bilingual preschool education. Students focused on areas such as intercultural studies, dual language, early childhood, cultural arts, and community education, and created their plan of studies for each semester. The program was designed to serve students who could not leave their families and communities for the residency.

Each Goddard student designed their own curriculum in accordance with their program's degree criteria. In addition to fulfilling academic criteria in the subjects of the arts, the humanities, mathematics, natural sciences and social sciences, undergraduate students needed to demonstrate critical thinking and writing, understanding of social and ecological contexts, positive self-development, and thoughtful action within their learning processes.

The college used a student self-directed, mentored system in which faculty issue narrative evaluations of student's progress instead of grades. The intensive low-residency model required that students come to campus every six months for approximately eight days. During this period, students engaged in a variety of activities and lectures from early morning until late in the evening, and created detailed study plans. During the semester, students studied independently, sending in "packets" to their faculty mentors every few weeks.

When low-residency education began at Goddard, packets were made up of paper documents sent via the mail. Since advances in the internet and related technology, in the 21st century most packets were sent electronically. They contained artwork, audio files, photography, video and web pages, in addition to writing. The schedule and format of these packets differed from program to program, and content varied with each student-faculty correspondence. The focus was generally on research, writing, and reflection related to each student's individualized study plan.

At regular intervals students compiled their work into "learning portfolios" to submit as part of a Progress Review before a cross-program board of faculty. The board ensured that all students' work was in compliance with the college's degree criteria. Undergraduates had to complete a yearlong Senior Study, accompanied by final graduating presentations of work, before being awarded a degree.{{cite book |last1=Maki |first1=Peggy L. |title=Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution |date=2012 |publisher=Stylus Publishing, LLC. |isbn=9781579224967 |pages=198–200 |language=en |chapter=Appendix 5.1: Institutional Example: The Educational Context for Goddard College's Learning Portfolio and Progress Review}}

The Eliot D. Pratt Center and Library in Plainfield, Vermont, served the entire Goddard College community. It was also open to the public. Its holdings contained over 70,000 physical items. The building also housed several administrative offices, an Archives room with artifacts from the 1800s to present, an Art Gallery, and WGDR (91.1 FM), a college/community radio station serving Central Vermont since 1973.

Until 2021, Goddard was home to Goddard College Community Radio, a pair of community-based, non-commercial, listener-supported educational radio stations. WGDR, 91.1 FM, is licensed to Plainfield. Its sister station, WGDH, 91.7 FM, is licensed to Hardwick, Vermont east of Burlington. Goddard College Community Radio was the largest non-commercial community radio station in Vermont. It was the only non-commercial station in the state other than the statewide Vermont Public Radio network{{citation needed|date=April 2024}}, which received funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. On May 10, 2021, Goddard donated the licenses for WGDR and sister station WGDH to the Central Vermont Community Radio Corporation.

The building was a barn built in 1868 by the Martin Family and one of the largest barns in Central Vermont. The Haybarn was originally used to store hay, grain, and livestock. In 1938, when Goddard College purchased Greatwood Farm, they began the process of adapting the farm buildings into academic and student spaces. The Haybarn was renovated to provide a space for the performing arts.

For almost 75 years the Haybarn Theatre was a place where the local community and the college came together to enjoy and appreciate the arts. The Haybarn hosted educational conferences, student and community performances, and the Goddard College Concert Series. Prior to gaining widespread fame, Phish played multiple concerts there in 1986 and 1987.{{cite web |title=Haybarn Theater, Goddard College- Phish.net |url=https://phish.net/venue/424/Haybarn_Theater%2C_Goddard_College |website=phish.net}}

In June 1970 Goddard hosted the Alternative Media Conference; it attracted more than 1,600 radio DJs and others involved in independent media from all over the United States.{{cite book |last1=Goldberg |first1=Danny |title=Bumping Into Geniuses: My Life Inside the Rock and Roll Business |date=2008 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9781592403707 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bumpingintogeniu00gold/page/35 35–44] |language=en |chapter=2: Undrground Radio |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/bumpingintogeniu00gold |url=https://archive.org/details/bumpingintogeniu00gold/page/35 }} Featured presenters included Yippie founder Jerry Rubin;{{cite book |last1=Alan |first1=Carter |title=Radio Free Boston: The Rise and Fall of WBCN |date=2013 |publisher=UPNE |isbn=9781555537296 |language=en |chapter=Movin' On Up |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781555537296 }} spiritual leader Ram Dass;{{cite news |last1=Moss |first1=Jack |title=The American Guru Who Inspired Wales Bonner S/S19 |url=http://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/10999/how-an-american-guru-inspired-wales-bonner-ss19 |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=AnOther |date=13 July 2018 |language=en |quote=Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) at The Alternative Media Conference, June 1970 at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.}} and Larry Yurdin{{cite book |last1=McMillian |first1=John |title=Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America |date=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199376469 |page=115 |language=en}} in addition to Danny Fields, Bob Fass, and Paul Krassner from The Realist, a magazine.

A music roster of up-and-coming bands was curated by Atlantic Records and included Dr. John and the J. Geils Band. The conference embodied both the political activism and the free-love atmosphere of the time: a coalition affiliated with Panther 21, The Guardian, Newsreel, Radio Free People, Liberation News Service, Media Women, and The New York Rat put together a packet highlighting the political side of alternative media.{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=William G. |title=Reds, Whites, and Blues: Social Movements, Folk Music, and Race in the United States |date=2010 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9781400835164 |page=228 |language=en}}

A second Alternative Media Conference was held on campus in 2013 to commemorate the college's 150th anniversary.{{cite news |last1=Eliis |first1=Kevin |title=Thom Hartmann and Ellen Ratner to headline Goddard College Alternative Media Conference |url=https://vtdigger.org/2013/04/18/thom-hartmann-and-ellen-ratner-to-headline-goddard-college-alternative-media-conference/ |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=vtdigger.org |date=18 April 2013 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510151325/http://vtdigger.org/2013/04/18/thom-hartmann-and-ellen-ratner-to-headline-goddard-college-alternative-media-conference/ |url-status=dead }} Thom Hartmann and Ellen Ratner were featured speakers.

In 2014, the graduating class of the college's undergraduate program selected convicted murderer and Goddard alumnus Mumia Abu-Jamal to be the commencement speaker.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/02/goddard-college-mumia-abu-jamal-speech/16605789/|title=Goddard chooses convicted cop killer for grad speaker|author=Mike Donoghue, Burlington (Vt.) Free Press|date=2 October 2014|work=USA Today|access-date=6 May 2015}} Abu-Jamal, who had attended Goddard as an undergraduate in the 1970s, completed his Goddard degree from prison via mail while serving a sentence for the 1982 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner.Boyer, Dave. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/30/cop-killer-former-black-panther-to-give-commenceme/ "Cop-killing ex-Black Panther to give college commencement address"], The Washington Times, September 30, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2014.

Faulkner's widow criticized the selection of Abu-Jamal as a speaker,{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/10/critics-outraged-cop-killer-mumia-abu-jamal-named-college-speaker/|title=Critics Outraged Cop Killer Mumia Abu-Jamal Named College Speaker|author=|work=ABC News|access-date=6 May 2015}} as did U.S. Senator Pat Toomey, the Vermont Troopers Association, the Vermont Police Chiefs Association, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2014/10/01/college-sparks-outrage-with-commencement-invitation-to-jailed-cop-killer-mumia-abu-jamal/|title=Goddard College sparks outrage with invitation to jailed cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=6 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/us_sen_pat_toomey_joins_throng.html|title=U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey joins throng criticizing Goddard's choice of Mumia Abu-Jamal as commencement speaker|work=PennLive.com|date=October 2, 2014|access-date=6 May 2015}} The college's interim president, Bob Kenny, supported the right of students to pick a commencement speaker of their choice.Kolber, Samantha. [http://www.goddard.edu/news-events/press-releases/mumia-abu-jamal-give-commencement-speech-goddard-college "Mumia Abu-Jamal to Give Commencement Speech at Goddard College"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095021/http://www.goddard.edu/news-events/press-releases/mumia-abu-jamal-give-commencement-speech-goddard-college |date=2014-10-06 }}, September 29, 2014. Accessed October 5, 2014. On October 5, the school released Abu-Jamal's pre-recorded commencement speech.Chang, David. [http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/College-Releases-Mumia-Abu-Jamals-Commencement-Speech-Philadelphia-Police-Protest-278178021.html "College Releases Mumia Abu-Jamal's Commencement Speech, Philadelphia Police Protest"], NBC10, October 5, 2014.{{cite AV media|url=http://vimeo.com/108049118|title=Oct. 5, 2014 Goddard College Commencement Speech by Mumia Abu-Jamal|work=Vimeo|access-date=6 May 2015}}

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• Archie Shepp – saxophonist{{cite web|title=NEA Jazz Masters {{!}} NEA|url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz/archie-shepp|website=www.arts.gov|access-date=26 October 2017}}
• Blakeley White-McGuire – Principal dancer of Martha Graham Dance Company{{cite web|title=Blakeley White-McGuire {{!}} New York Live Arts|url=https://newyorklivearts.org/artist/blakeley-white-mcguire/|website=New York Live Arts|access-date=26 October 2017}}
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• Caroline Finkelstein – poet{{cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Don|editor1-last=Livesey|editor1-first=Margot|title=Julie Orringer and Caroline Finkelstein, Cohen Awards|journal=Ploughshares|date=Fall 2002|issue=88}}
• Charlie Bondhus – poet{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}
• Chris Spirou — politician{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=E. Philip|title=Greeks of the Merrimack Valley|date=2017|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439661895|page=80|language=en}}
• Christine Palm — member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
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• Conrad Herwig – jazz trombonist{{cite news|title=Conrad Herwig, Jazz Artist in Residence {{!}} MSU College of Music|url=http://www.music.msu.edu/news/conrad-herwig-jazz-artist-in-residence|access-date=26 October 2017|work=College of Music|publisher=Michigan State University|date=May 31, 2017|language=en}}
• Daniel Boyarin – professor of Jewish Studies{{cite news|last1=Wall|first1=Alex|title=Daniel Boyarin: Talmudist, feminist, anti-Zionist, only-in-Berkeley Orthodox Jew – J.|url=https://www.jweekly.com/2015/03/12/daniel-boyarin-the-talmudist-feminist-anti-zionist-only-in-berkeley-orthodo/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Jewish Weekly of Northern California|date=12 March 2015}}
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• Ed Allen – American short story writer{{cite web|title=Ed Allen {{!}} {{!}} University of Alaska Anchorage|url=https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing-and-literary-arts/faculty/allen.cshtml|website=www.uaa.alaska.edu|access-date=27 October 2017}}
• Elaine Terranova – poet{{cite web|title=Elaine Terranova|url=https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/elaine-terranova|website=poets.org|publisher=Academy of American Poets|access-date=27 October 2017|language=en|date=25 October 2000}}
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• Ellen Ratner — White House correspondent{{cite web|access-date=2019-06-09|title=Ellen Ratner|url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/r/ellen-ratner|date=9 June 2019|website=Fox News}}
• Ellis Avery – novelist and poet{{cite web |title=Goddard College in Vermont |url=https://www.pw.org/content/goddard_college_in_vermont |website=Poets & Writers |access-date=11 March 2019 |language=en}}
• Esther Wertheimer – sculptor{{cite book|title=The Remington Registry of Outstanding Professionals: 2009–2010|date=2011|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|isbn=9781462863730|page=697|language=en}}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}
• Evalyn Bates – progressive educator, developed the first low-residency American adult degree program{{cite book|last1=Payne|first1=Carla R.|title=Information Technology and Constructivism in Higher Education: Progressive Learning Frameworks: Progressive Learning Frameworks|date=2009|publisher=IGI Global|isbn=9781605666556|language=en}}
• Frances Olsen – professor of law at UCLA{{cite book|last1=Academy of European Law|title=Collected Courses of the Academy of European Law / Recueil des cours de l' Académie de droit européen: 1991 The Protection of Human Rights in Europe Vol. II|date=2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9789401710749|page=203|language=en}}
• Geraldine Clinton Little – poet
• Helen Landgarten – art therapy pioneer{{cite news |last1=Noland |first1=Claire |title=Helen B. Landgarten dies at 89; pioneering art therapist |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-feb-26-la-me-helen-landgarten-20110226-story.html |access-date=30 June 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 February 2011}}
• Howard Ashman – actor, playwright (Little Shop of Horrors), lyricist (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast){{cite news|last1=Poletick|first1=Rachel|title=Toon Times: Ashman left Disney his heart|url=http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/toon-times-ashman-left-disney-his-heart/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=www.northbynorthwestern.com|date=May 4, 2011|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327034552/http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/story/toon-times-ashman-left-disney-his-heart/ |archive-date=27 March 2019 |url-status=dead}}
• J. Ward Carver – Vermont Attorney General, 1925–1931
• Jacqueline Berger — poet{{cite news|last1=Raab|first1=Zara|title=Interview with Poet Jacqueline Berger – Coal Hill Review|url=http://www.coalhillreview.com/interview-with-poet-jacqueline-berger/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Coal Hill Review|date=13 May 2011}}
• James Gahagan – abstract artist{{cite web|last1=Hofmann|first1=Hans|title=James Gahagan|url=http://www.pbs.org/hanshofmann/james_gahagan_pf_001.html|website=www.pbs.org|publisher=PBS|access-date=27 October 2017}}
• Jane O'Meara Sanders – former president of Burlington College, wife of Senator Bernie Sanders{{cite news|last1=Dwilson|first1=Stephanie Dube|title=Jane O'Meara Sanders, Bernie's Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|url=http://heavy.com/news/2015/08/jane-sanders-bernie-sanders-president-wife-age-burlington-socialist/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Heavy.com|date=25 August 2015}}
• Jane Shore – poet
• Jared Carter – poet{{cite web|title=Jared Carter|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jared-carter|website=Poetry Foundation|access-date=27 October 2017|language=en-us|date=27 October 2017}}
• Jared Pappas-Kelley – curator, writer, and artist{{cite book|last1=Lent|first1=Michael|title=Orbit: Stephen King|date=2015|publisher=StormFront Entertainment|language=en}}
• Jay Craven – Vermont film director, screenwriter, and professor
• Jeff McCracken — film and television actor, director, writer, and producer{{cite web|title=Jeff McCracken {{!}} New York Writers Workshop and Resources Site demo|url=http://mklennon.com/nywriters/?p=361|website=mklennon.com|access-date=19 October 2017}}
• Jennifer McMahon — novelist{{cite news|last1=Hallenbeck|first1=Bruce|title=Summer reading, Vermont-style: New books by local authors|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/entertainment/2017/07/26/new-books-vermont-authors-your-summer-reading/505660001/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Burlington Free Press|date=July 26, 2017|language=en}}
• Jerri Allyn — performance artist{{cite book|last1=Heller|first1=Jules|last2=Heller|first2=Nancy G.|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=9781135638894|page=1773|language=en}}
• John Kasiewicz – guitarist{{cite news|last1=Tuohy|first1=Laurel|title=Gasball draws diverse acts|url=http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Gasball-draws-diverse-acts-71497.php|access-date=27 October 2017|work=NewsTimes|date=September 15, 2004|location=Danbury, CT}}
• Jon Fishman – rock band member (Phish){{cite news|last1=Bernstein|first1=Scott|title=Jon Fishman Performs With We're Bionic In Burlington – Glide Magazine|url=https://glidemagazine.com/108220/jon-fishman-performs-with-were-bionic-in-burlington/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Glide Magazine|date=6 May 2013}}
• Jonathan Katz – comedian, writer, actor, producer (Dr. Katz){{cite news|last1=Murray|first1=Noel|title=Jonathan Katz|url=https://www.avclub.com/jonathan-katz-1798209444|access-date=27 October 2017|work=The A.V. Club|date=June 14, 2016}}
• Judith Arcana — writer{{cite journal|title=The Graduate College Faculty Directory|date=1999|url=http://www.uniongraduateschool.net/sites/default/files/atoms/files//UGS%20Faculty%20Directory.1999.pdf|access-date=27 October 2017}}
• Karen Essex — author, journalist, screenwriter{{cite news | last=Ferguson | first=Carrie | title = Reclaiming the Queen | publisher = The Tennessean p. 10-11 | date = 2000-04-16 }}

• Kenneth R. Timmerman – correspondent, author, activist{{cite news|last1=Ruane|first1=Michael E.|title=REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES: U.S. Senate|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/03/01/republican-primaries-us-senate/97c265c9-8e07-48f9-a230-7df12ca25f8d/|access-date=4 November 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=1 March 2000}}
• Kiara Brinkman — author{{cite book|last1=Brinkman|first1=Kiara|title=Up High in the Trees: A Novel|date=2008|publisher=Grove/Atlantic, Inc.|isbn=9781555846121|page=327|language=en}}
• Kris Neely – artist and educator{{cite web|title=Kristofer M. Neely|url=http://webs.wofford.edu/neelykm/|website=webs.wofford.edu|access-date=4 November 2017}}
• Larry Feign – cartoonist (The World of Lily Wong){{cite news|last1=Hughes|first1=Paul|title=Cartoons Sell Best in Hong Kong|work=The Tustin News|date=January 15, 1987|location=Tustin, California|page=2|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=TN19870115.1.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|quote=Feign, who would later attend UC Berkeley for two years, graduate from Goddard College, and begin graduate work at the University of Hawaii, finished high school at Hillview Continuation School in 1972 at age 16.}}
• Laura McCullough – poet and writer
• Linda McCarriston – poet and professor
• Linnea Johnson – poet
• Lisa Brooks – historian of New England's Native American history{{cite web|url=https://www.amherst.edu/people/facstaff/lbrooks|title=Faculty & Staff – Brooks, Lisa – Amherst College|website=www.amherst.edu}}
• Lucia Capacchione — art therapist
• Madeline Stone — songwriter{{cite news|url=http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/mstone.htm|title=Madeline Stone Enjoys Hit Songwriting Success in Pop, Christian, Country and R&B Genres|last=Kawashima|first=Dale|work=Songwriter's Universe Magazine|access-date=25 December 2009}}
• Mark Doty – poet, National Book Award winner, 2008
• Martin Hyatt — author{{cite web|title=Martin Hyatt {{!}} KQED|url=http://www.kqed.org/arts/profile/index.jsp?essid=8746|website=KQED Public Media|access-date=9 November 2017}}
• Mary Johnson – author and director of A Room of Her Own Foundation{{cite web|title=Mary Johnson {{!}}|url=http://aroomofherownfoundation.org/mary-johnson-2/|website=aroomofherownfoundation.org|publisher=A Room of Her Own Foundation|access-date=9 November 2017}}
• Mary Karr – author
• Matthew Quick – American author of young adult and fiction novels{{cite web|title=Matthew Quick|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/q/matthew-quick/|website=www.fantasticfiction.com|publisher=Fantastic Fiction|access-date=9 November 2017|language=en}}
• Mayme Agnew Clayton – librarian, and the founder of the Western States Black Research and Education Center{{cite book|last1=Irwin|first1=Shelby Z|title=Dr. Mayme A. Clayton: Librarian and Preservationist of Black Memorabilia|publisher=Southern Connecticut State University|location=New Haven|page=2|quote=ayton received her bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley, her master's degree from Goddard College and a doctoral degree from Sierra University.}}
• Michael Lent – visual artist and curator
• Miriam Hopkins — film and television actor{{cite web|title=Sullivan, Mark X. mss.|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/index.php?p=sullivanmx|website=Lilly Library Manuscript Collections|publisher=Indiana University|access-date=9 November 2017|language=en|quote=Hopkins was born in Savannah, GA and went to college at Goddard Seminary (now Goddard College) in Plainfield, VT}}
• Monica Mayer – Mexican artist{{cite web|title=Monica P. Mayer|url=https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/monica-p-mayer|website=The Brooklyn Museum|access-date=9 November 2017}}
• Mumia Abu Jamal – journalist, former Black Panther Party member, convict, author
• Neil Landau – (former faculty) screenwriter, playwright, television producer
• Norman Dubie – poet{{cite web|title=Norman Dubie|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/norman-dubie|website=Poetry Foundation|access-date=9 November 2017|language=en-us|date=9 November 2017}}
• Oliver Foot – British actor, philanthropist, charity worker{{cite news|last1=Holland|first1=Geoffrey|title=Obituary: Oliver Foot|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/feb/12/medicalresearch.voluntarysector|access-date=9 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=12 February 2008}}
• Page McConnell – rock band member (Phish){{cite web|last1=McConnell|first1=Paige|title=The Art of Improvisation - Page's Thesis - Phish.net|url=https://phish.net/blog/1322777452/the-art-of-improvisation-pages-thesis.html|website=phish.net|publisher=Phish|access-date=9 November 2017|language=en|date=December 19, 1987}}
• Pamela Stewart – poet{{cite web|title=Pamela Stewart {{!}} Authors {{!}} Alice James Books|url=http://alicejamesbooks.org/authors/stewart-pamela/|publisher=Alice James Books|access-date=9 November 2017}}
• Paul Zaloom – puppeteer, host of television show Beakman's World{{cite news|last1=Kalish|first1=Jon|title=Bread And Puppet Marks 50 Years Of Paper Mache And Protest|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/08/24/214818319/bread-and-puppet-celebrates-50-years-of-paper-mache-and-protest|access-date=26 October 2017|work=Weekend Edition|publisher=National Public Radio|date=August 24, 2013|language=en}}
• Peter Hannan – artist, writer, producer (CatDog){{cite journal|journal=TriQuarterly News|date=Fall 1988|volume=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ze3yAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Peter+Hannan%22+%22goddard+college%22|language=en|title=TQ News}}
• Philip Zuchman – American painter{{cite journal|title=The Activist Issue|journal=Clockworks|date=November 19, 2015|issue=Fall/Winter 2015|language=en}}
• Piers Anthony – English American author
• Robert Louthan — poet{{cite journal|title=Ironwood|date=1977|volume=5|issue=9|page=118|publisher=Ironwood Press|language=en}}
• Robert M. Fisher – abstract artist{{cite web|title=Plainfield Co-op|url=https://www.plainfieldcoop.com/Plainfield.html|website=www.plainfieldcoop.com|access-date=9 November 2017|quote=Local Goddard College has always attracted educated liberal types with colorful flair, including members of the band Phish, David Mamet, Piers Anthony, and abstract artist Robert M. Fisher.}}
• Ronnie Burrage — jazz percussionist{{cite news|title=The Ronnie Burrage Trio Featuring Archie Shepp|url=https://www.orcamedia.net/show/ronnie-burrage-trio-featuring-archie-shepp|access-date=28 October 2017|work=Onion River Community Access Media|date=19 February 2016|language=en}}
• Roo Borson —poet{{cite news|last1=Ireland|first1=Ann|title=Hand in Glove: The Poetic Collaborations of Kim Maltman & Roo Borson --- Ann Ireland {{!}} Numéro Cinq|url=http://numerocinqmagazine.com/2014/10/13/hand-in-glove-the-poetic-collaborations-of-kim-maltman-roo-borson-ann-ireland/|access-date=19 October 2017|work=Numéro Cinq|date=13 October 2014}}
• Russell Potter – Arctic historian, author{{cite web|title=Russell Potter|url=https://web.uri.edu/writing-conference/russell-potter/|publisher=University of Rhode Island|access-date=15 November 2017}}
• Stephen C. Smith – economist, professor, author{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Steven C.|title=Curriculum Vita|url=https://www2.gwu.edu/~iiep/about/faculty/ssmith/CV/CV%20Stephen%20C%20Smith.pdf|publisher=George Washington University {{!}} The George Washington University|access-date=15 November 2017|language=en|date=October 12, 2017}}
• Sue Owen — poet
• Susan Tichy — poet{{cite web|last1=Aart|first1=Greta|title=Cerise Press › Political Awareness, Social Consciousness and Memory in Susan Tichy's Poetry|url=http://www.cerisepress.com/02/05/political-awareness-social-consciousness-and-memory-in-susan-tichys-poetry/view-all|website=Cerise Press|access-date=27 October 2017}}
• Susie Ibarra – contemporary composer and percussionist{{cite web|last1=Layne|first1=Joslyn|title=Susie Ibarra {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/susie-ibarra-mn0000755956/biography|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 November 2017}}
• Suzi Wizowaty – author and politician{{cite news|last1=Mesrobian|first1=Melissa Kiser|title=Princeton Alumni Weekly|publisher=Princeton University|date=February 26, 1986|page=50|language=en}}
• Taina Asili — musician{{cite news |last1=Kocher |first1=Chris |title=Asili and band dance to messages of 'Hope' |url=https://www.pressconnects.com/story/entertainment/2014/09/17/asili-band-dance-messages-hope/15772619/ |access-date=21 June 2018 |work=Pressconnects |date=September 17, 2014 |language=en}}
• Tim Costello (1945–2009), labor and anti-globalization advocate and authorGreenhouse, Steve. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/us/26costello.html "Tim Costello, Trucker-Author Who Fought Globalization, Dies at 64"], The New York Times, December 26, 2009. Accessed December 28, 2009.
• Tobias Schneebaum – artist, anthropologist, AIDS activist{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit|title=Tobias Schneebaum, Chronicler and Dining Partner of Cannibals, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/obituaries/tobias-schneebaum-chronicler-and-dining-partner-of-cannibals.html|access-date=15 November 2017|work=The New York Times|date=25 September 2005}}
• Tom Griffin – playwright of The Boys Next Door
• Tommie Smith – athlete, activist, educator, gold medal winner at the 1968 Summer Olympics who set seven individual world records{{cite news |last1=Wertlieb |first1=Mitch |last2=Bodette |first2=Melody |title=Olympian Tommie Smith To Be Honored By Goddard |url=https://www.vpr.org/post/olympian-tommie-smith-be-honored-goddard#stream/0 |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=www.vpr.org |date=October 3, 2013 |language=en |quote=Smith said he's always been fighting for education and human rights and became part of the masters program at Goddard because he could use his teaching and writing experience towards his degree.}}{{cite news |last1=Davis |first1=David |title=Olympic Athletes Who Took a Stand |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/olympic-athletes-who-took-a-stand-593920/ |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=Smithsonian |date=August 2008 |language=en}}
• Tony Curtis (Welsh poet) (born 1946) – Welsh poet and author
• Trey Anastasio – guitarist, singer, songwriter, member of the band Phish
• Walter F. Scott – (Goddard Seminary) Vermont State Treasurer
• Walter Klenhard — film director, writer and actor
• Walter Mosley – author{{cite news|last1=Carlson|first1=Scott|title=Goddard College's Unconventional Path to Survival|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Goddard-Colleges/128876|access-date=26 October 2017|work=The Chronicle of Higher Education|date=4 September 2011}}
• Wayne Karlin – author{{cite news|last1=Leepson|first1=Marc|title=Pilgrim's Progress: Wayne Karlin and the Vietnam War|url=http://archive.vva.org/archive/TheVeteran/2005_07/feature_pilgrim.htm|access-date=26 October 2017|work=The VVA Veteran|issue=July/August 2005}}
• William H. Macy – actor{{cite news|last1=Metz|first1=Nina|title=These Chicago actors just got nominated for an Emmy|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/breaking/ct-chicago-actors-nominated-for-emmys-20170713-column.html|access-date=26 October 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=July 13, 2017}}
• William L. White – addiction studies{{cite journal|title=Conversation with William L.White|journal=Journal Interview|date=2007|volume=86|issue=9|pages=1365–1376|doi=10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01796.x|pmid=17697275|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01796.x/asset/j.1360-0443.2007.01796.x.pdf;jsessionid=22126D961ED8F69114154244B88D2FE0.f02t03?v=1&t=j98z4agh&s=bf295dc79b3d994b6dc68bd24fb4c56ec5213244|access-date=26 October 2017|last1=White|first1=W. L.}}
• William Wildman Campbell — United States House of Representatives{{cite book|last1=Benson|first1=Ann Giles|last2=Adams|first2=Frank|last3=Dixon|first3=James P.|title=To Know for Real: Royce S. Pitkin and Goddard College|date=1999|publisher=Adamant Press|isbn=9780912362205|language=en}}
• Yadira Guevara-Prip — stage and television actor.

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File:Trey Anastasio 2002.jpg|Trey Anastasio, musician, composer

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File:Portrait of David Mamet in the WNYC studios on February 12 2007.jpg|David Mamet, playwright

File:Walter Mosley by David Shankbone.jpg|Walter Mosley, novelist

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• Arisa White – faculty advisor in the BFA Creative Writing Program{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}
• Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg – American writer and third Kansas Poet Laureate who founded Goddard's Transformative Language Arts program{{cite news|title=Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/caryn-mirriamgoldberg|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Huffington Post|language=en}}
• David Mamet – American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director
• Donald Hall — poet and literary critic
• Ellen Bryant Voigt — helped found Goddard's first low-residency program before starting a similar program at Warren Wilson College{{cite news|last1=Neal|first1=Dale|title=Over 4 decades, Warren Wilson program forges new literary voices|url=http://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2016/06/30/over-4-decades-warren-wilson-program-forges-new-literary-voices/86188980/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Citizen Times|date=June 30, 2016|language=en}}
• Ernie Stires — composer
• Frank Conroy — author
• Geoffrey Wolff — author
• Hameed Sharif “Herukhuti” Williams – African-American sociologist, cultural studies scholar, sex educator, playwright/poet, and award-winning author{{cite news |last1=Maxwell |first1=Carrie |title=AFC conference focuses on bisexual health – Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News Archive |url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/AFC-conference-focuses-on-bisexual-health/60995.html |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=Windy City Times |date=November 8, 2017}}
• Heather McHugh — poet
• James Gahagan — sculptor, chairman of Goddard's art department from 1971 to 1979
• Jane O'Meara Sanders – served one year as interim president of Goddard{{cite news|last1=McCullum|first1=April|title=The unraveling of Jane Sanders' Burlington College legacy|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2017/07/21/unraveling-jane-sanders-burlington-college-legacy/486054001/|access-date=27 October 2017|work=Burlington Free Press|date=July 21, 2017|language=en}}
• John Irving — author
• John Froines – one of the Chicago Seven, taught chemistry in the early 1970s{{cite book |last1=Bruce-Briggs |first1=B. |title=The New Class? |date=1979 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=9781412829557 |page=63 |language=en}}
• Lisel Mueller – poet{{cite web|title=Immortality, by Lisel Mueller - Poem 173 {{!}} Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools, Hosted by Billy Collins, U.S. Poet Laureate, 2001–2003 (Poetry and Literature, Library of Congress)|url=https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/173.html|website=loc.gov|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=28 October 2017}}
• Louise Gluck — Nobel Laureate, poet, winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
• Marilyn Salzman Webb — activist and journalist who founded Goddard's women's studies program{{cite web|title=Marilyn Webb|url=http://www.shesbeautifulwhenshesangry.com/marilyn-webb/|website=She's Beautiful When She's Angry|access-date=27 October 2017}}
• Marvin Bell — first Poet Laureate of the State of Iowa{{cite web|title=75th Anniversary Conference Bios|url=http://www.webdelsol.com/Prairie_Schooner/html/75bios.html|website=www.webdelsol.com|access-date=27 October 2017}}
• Michael Ryan — poet
• Murray Bookchin (1921–2006) – American anarchist author, orator, and philosopher
• Peter Schumann and his Bread and Puppet Theater were the theatre-in-residence at Goddard College from 1970 to 1974
• Raymond Carver — author
• Richard Ford — author
• Richard Grossinger — author, publisher - taught interdisciplinary studies (including alchemy, Melville, Classical Greek, Jungian psychology, and ethnoastronomy), 1972-1977{{cite web | url=http://www.richardgrossinger.com/richard-grossinger-biography | title=Richard Grossinger: Biography }}
• Robert Hass — poet
• Stephen Dobyns — poet and novelist
• Thomas Yamamoto – art instructor{{cite news |title=Thomas Shuzo Yamamoto |url=https://www.timesargus.com/news/thomas-shuzo-yamamoto/article_69736292-1725-59ad-8df2-9d4eadd10104.html |access-date=14 March 2019 |work=Times Argus |date=January 5, 2005 |language=en}}
• Tobias Wolff — author
• Walter Butts – American poet and the Poet Laureate of New Hampshire.

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