News from Hillsdale College:

Hillsdale College today announced the launch of the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. This represents an extension of Hillsdale’s historic commitment to liberal arts education and to civil and religious liberty.
The primary work of the Center will be teaching Hillsdale College students who are in Washington as interns or on fellowships. It will also offer seminars on American history and political thought, economics, literature, and other topics to interested citizens in the Washington area.
The Center is currently operating in temporary quarters but will eventually be housed in a newly-acquired 16,000-square foot building at 227 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E. The College will perform an extensive renovation of the building’s interior and outdoor plaza, and the Center will move into the building by September 2010.
Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn stated: “Hillsdale College was founded 164 years ago on the idea that learning is the surest support of liberty. Our College has a long history of serving the nation on the basis of this idea. So while opening a Washington campus is something new, our mission remains unchanged.”
Unlike other colleges or universities with campuses in Washington, Hillsdale College operates independent of either federal or state taxpayer support, even indirectly in the form of student grants and loans

That’s across the street from the Heritage Foundation!