"The Meaning and History of the Constitution" Available to you, your family, your friends and all Americans. Classes just began - But it isn't too late to sign up! Dear Supporter of Liberty,  Hillsdale College is offering our newly revised no-cost 10-week online Constitution course. The course is based on the same one our Hillsdale College students must complete for graduation."Constitution 101" recently began on Monday, February 24, 2014, but it's not too late to sign up! As with all of our previous online courses, all of the lectures will be archived. So you can register today and view the lectures at any time. I am proud to be teaching our NEW 2014 Constitution 101 Courseand hope YOU will be one of my students! As you probably know, many in our country, particularly those in leadership, have strayed from the principles of individual liberty and limited government that the Constitution upholds. That's why Hillsdale College decided to offer this brand NEW course in 2014 --- a critical election year for our country.  The NEW 2014 Constitution 101 is being offered online and at no-charge to everyone who wants to understand and defend the timeless principles of liberty upon which our nation was founded! "Constitution 101" covers such topics as the Declaration of Independence and its connection to the Constitution, how the Constitution is structured to protect individual liberty and ensure good government, the crisis of constitutional government faced by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, and today's challenges with the Progressive liberals big-government Administrative State. It is my honor to teach the first class, "The American Founding: Revolutionary or Conservative?," and the final class, "Modern Conservatism and the Constitution." All of the classes will be taught by Hillsdale College professors - the top teachers in their field and the same ones who instruct our students here on Hillsdale's campus.  After you register for Constitution 101, you'll find out how to receive a copy of the companion book to the course - The U.S. Constitution: A Reader. This exhaustive, 790-page volume was compiled by our Politics  Department faculty at Hillsdale. It is a remarkable collection of America's primary source documents including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers as well as famous speeches and writings by our Founding Fathers plus Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan and many more.It's the perfect companion to our incredible all-NEW 2014 Constitution 101 and is a book your family will treasure for many generations. As Hillsdale's president, I have devoted my life to education, helping students understand the meaning and history of the American founding. Here at Hillsdale, we know that can only come about through a close reading and study of our nation's founding documents, particularly the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. In recent years, Hillsdale has worked hard to expand its educational outreach, teaching citizens and policy makers (especially Members of Congress and their staffs) about the timeless truths contained in our nation's founding documents. This is a direct response to the way the Constitution is being ignored and violated by our government. After all, the Constitution is the supreme law of our nation, the framework by which our country should be governed. Its principles and structures are responsible for the greatest government in human history. Like you, I see 2014 as pivotal in the history of our country. And I am deeply concerned about the future. Will we as a nation succumb to bureaucratic despotism, or will we take a stand for liberty? The century-old attack on the Constitution, especially under President Obama, has threatened to undermine our hard-won liberties, reducing American citizens to subservience to an ever-expanding federal bureaucracy.  Our choice of whether to recover the principles of liberty and limited government, under the Constitution, will determine if we will remain self-governing citizens or dependent subjects ruled by unelected bureaucrats. That's why Hillsdale College is committed to restoring and reviving the public understanding of the Constitution, once again making it the central focus of American government. As you probably know - especially if you listen to Rush Limbaugh, or Mark Levin on the radio - Hillsdale College is one of the few colleges or universities in the country that requires all of its students, regardless of their major, to complete a one-semester course on the U.S. Constitution. Over the years, many Hillsdale friends, even those who never attended college here, have commented to me: "Dr. Arnn, I wish I could take Hillsdale's Constitution course." In response to these requests, in 2012, Hillsdale College offered ourConstitution course online at no charge. Frankly, I wasn't sure what sort of a response a course like this would have. But, more than 500,000 people from all over the United States registered. I was thrilled, not only by the reaction, but at what it indicates:Americans are willing and eager to study and defend the founding principles that made America so prosperous! Now, in light of the critical decisions facing our nation in 2014, Hillsdale has launched the New 2014 Constitution 101 course. It's imperative that we re-awaken the American people and teach them about the importance of the Constitution to our liberty. Can I count on you to take two important actions? Will you . . . 
The course, available at no charge to the public, is not without cost to Hillsdale. The College has already invested much to make this course a reality. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been committed to create and prepare the course for one of the most far-reaching projects in our history . . . and to mount a massive email, radio, and mail marketing campaign to enroll an initial ONE MILLION course registrants. To make "Constitution 101" available nationwide will cost more than ONE MILLION DOLLARS. While a monumental expenditure for Hillsdale College, it must be made if we are to reach as many citizens and elected officials, including our Members of Congress, as possible during 2014. With your help, Hillsdale College is dedicated to returning the U. S. Constitution to its rightful place at the center of American political life. If our republic does not reverse course, we may not be able to reclaim the liberty that has been lost, and we will lose the liberty we still have. Hillsdale College has accepted this challenge, and our commitment to making "Constitution 101" available to citizens nationwide is proof. But we need your help to make this possible . . . You know, before coming to Hillsdale, I often wondered how a small liberal arts college in rural southern Michigan could, as Ronald Reagan once described it, "cast such a long shadow." The answer is simple. It can be found in adherence to our motto:Pursuing Truth and Defending Liberty since 1844. This phrase defines the purpose of the College, and gives life to the education we provide our students - and potentially all Americans! That commitment has made it possible for Hillsdale to accomplish what many considered unachievable for a school of our size, including:
And Hillsdale has done it all without ONE PENNY of taxpayer subsidy. In order to protect the integrity of its mission and prevent intrusive government regulation, Hillsdale College accepts no taxpayer funding whatsoever. We are proud to remain steadfast in this policy at a time when almost every other institution of "higher learning" is increasingly dependent on government support. Before I close, I would like to ask you please to consider honoring Hillsdale with a tax-deductible gift to support the vital work of Hillsdale College at such an important time in our nation's history. Your generosity at this critical time will not just help underwrite the cost of making "Constitution 101" available nationwide. It will also support all the other ways that Hillsdale College educates Americans to be defenders of liberty and self-government. Remember, once you register for the course, you will find out how to receive a copy of the book used by our students in their one-semester course on the Constitution - The U.S. Constitution: A Reader.This exhaustive, 790-page volume was compiled by our Politics Department faculty at Hillsdale. It is a remarkable collection of our primary source documents including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers as well famous speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan and much more. For liberty to prevail, Americans must come to understand and defend the Constitution. And they must do so urgently. Please sign up for "Constitution 101" and help Hillsdale College educate citizens on how to revive the Constitution and preserve America's tradition of individual liberty and limited government. Thank you in advance for supporting Hillsdale College. Yours for liberty,  Dr. Larry P. Arnn President Hillsdale College P.S. PLEASE REMEMBER to do these two important things:
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