Applications for next year’s seminar will open in February 2024
Tentative dates: July 14 through July 26, 2024
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
- Two weeks of free residential college experience at Dickinson
- Rigorous and engaging academic study with nationally recognized faculty
- Social interaction with top students from around the region
- Field trips to Carlisle, Gettysburg and Washington, DC
- Mentorship and assistance with college admissions process
- Possibility of pursuing free college credit (pending)
Discover a life-changing college experience open to rising high school seniors that’s free to successful applicants.
Check out these short videos from our experiences in 2023, 2022, and 2021
Read our Summer 2023 daily blog
Check out photos from our Summer 2022 program
Check out our photos from the Summer 2021 program
Read coverage of our 2021 seminar from the Carlisle Sentinel
In July 2023, the House Divided Project at Dickinson College will host our third annual Knowledge for Freedom seminar, a free, two-week college-level program for rising high school seniors from across south central Pennsylvania. The seminar is part of a remarkable initiative from the Teagle Foundation which helps introduce high school students to a series of great texts that address fundamental questions about freedom, democracy, and self-government. Everything about the program is free, including residential room and board. In addition, successful participants will not only enjoy a college-style experience this summer on the beautiful Dickinson campus, but also will have extensive additional mentoring and guidance as they navigate the college admissions process during their senior year of high school. Pending approval, students will also have the option of pursuing free college credit for coursework related to the seminar via a remote option following the residential experience. The program is highly competitive and targets low-income or first-generation college students. Applications are due by May 31, 2023. For more details and to apply, just visit our How to Apply page
Check out coverage of the inaugural 2021 summer seminar:
- Dickinson College Receives Grant to Establish Program for Underrepresented High School Students (Jan. 15, 2021)
- Dickinson College’s House Divided project to offer framework for summer program for low-income students (Feb. 24, 2021)
- Seminar Organizers on 2021 Program, WITF “Smart Talk” (May 19, 2021):
- 2021 Seminar Debate (July 30, 2021)
- Knowledge for Freedom video summary (August 3, 2021)
- Knowledge for Freedom podcast summary (September 28, 2021)
COVID STATEMENT: Participants in the 2023 seminar will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID prior to their on-campus arrival on July 16, 2023. Those unable to meet this requirement may request permission to participate remotely during our three-week session.
