We’re making waves in higher education — read more about us in the stories below.

Working to help stop Alaska’s ‘brain drain’ Anchorage Daily News, March 2024

Seeking a new model of education, Sitka college draws from Alaska and national inspirations The Alaska Beacon, March 2024

Potential new higher education option launches in southeast  The Cordova Times, February 2024

Outer Coast educational program pulls in former Wrangell residents The Wrangell Sentinel, January 2024

Outer Coast’s two-year undergraduate program begins this August Petersburg Pilot, January 2024

A Blueprint for Future Architects Yale Alumni Magazine, December 2023

Tukaan Dan reports on the Outer Coast College Summer Seminar Program in Sitka Alaskan Teen Media Institute, September 2023

Outer Coast: A ‘place-based’ education opportunity Ketchikan Daily News, February 2023

Outer Coast: How “Out There” is Progressive Education?
Harvard Political Review, October 2021

In a remote corner of Alaska, college students find a rare dose of community during the pandemic The Groundtruth Project, December 2020

Learning the Tlingit Language in a Pandemic
First Alaskans Institute, November 2020

Opening in a pandemic, Outer Coast’s remote location offers college students an alternative, in-person education
KCAW Raven Radio, November 2020

Sitka’s Outer Coast Year offers college students an alternative for higher education
KCAW Raven Radio, October 2020

Sitka’s Outer Coast Starts Full-Year Program
The Sitka Sentinel, September 2020

Free online Tlingit language class sees widespread interest during pandemic
KFSX Radio, August 2020

Small anti-racism protest in Anchorage makes big impact on teen organizer
Anchorage Daily News, July, 2020

Class Opens Door to Learn Tlingit
The Sitka Sentinel, July 2020

The Anti-College is on the Rise
The New York Times, June 2019

Decolonizing the Outer Coast Classroom
The Sitka Sentinel, August 2019

Rethinking the College Experience in Sitka
The Juneau Empire, April 2018

An Alternative College Education
The Economist, December 2017

Another Deep Springs? But With Women
Inside Higher Education, December 2015

More Stories from the Microcollege Movement:

 

60 Minutes visits Deep Springs College
60 Minutes, October 2021

Thoreau College in Viroqua ‘in the right place’ during the pandemic
La Crosse Tribune, June 2021

Big Idea: College on a ‘micro’ scale
Arizona Daily Sun, February 2021

Bringing Higher Education Into the Wild in Alaska
NPR, November 2019

 

Read more about microcolleges on Thoreau’s microcollege movement page.

Yeey aaní káx̱ g̱unéi x̱too.aat (May we walk on your land). Outer Coast is situated on Lingít Aaní, the ancestral home of the Tlingit peoples. We strive to build a community of safe, inclusive, and integrative learning for all. Learn more.