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    We offer students the freedom to tailor their education to their own intellectual interests and professional goals.

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  • CHID Turns 40

    40 years ago, we founded an undergraduate program centered on student leadership, radical pedagogies, and public service. Today, these core values remain our north star.

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  • What is CHID?

    CHID is a one-of-a-kind program where students enjoy the freedom of an interdisciplinary liberal arts degree within the context of a renowned research university.

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  • Question. Critique. Create.

    Our students ask questions that matter, think critically about education, and creatively express their understanding within a community of learners.

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  • Transformational Travel

    Through engagement with local scholars, artists, political leaders, activists, and community members, our study abroad programs prepare students to engage with an increasingly globalized world.

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Study Abroad

Tolerance, Identity, and Difference in Amsterdam (Spring Break)

Russell Shorto has called Amsterdam “the world’s most liberal city,” and indeed, the Netherlands is well known for its “tolerant” approaches to drug enforcement, legalized prostitution, and gay rights. However, recent events have brought this self-congratulatory attitude into question.
Quarter Offered: Winter 2021
Application Deadline: November 1, 2020

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News & Events

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CHID Students as Critical Makers
November 14, 2019
Ghana Study Abroad
Global Service Learning and the Politics of Help in Ghana – Summer 2019.  By Cynthia Anderson, CHID Academic Counselor
November 13, 2019
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