It aimed to restore students and faculty to the center of education, giving them freedom to pursue high expectations. New College graduates, from the first class in 1967 to the present, have established an extraordinary record of academic, professional, and cultural achievement. In 1975 the college became public by affiliating with the University of South Florida.
Faculty write narrative evaluations of student achievement.
Over 95 percent of the faculty hold the earned Ph.D. Faculty include two endowed chairs, one endowed professorship. Faculty have active research programs and guide students in curriculum-wide undergraduate research. 617 students fall 1998. Over two-thirds of all physics graduates either hold the doctorate or are currently in graduate school. Money Guide , a Time Inc. publication, ranked New College the best buy in undergraduate education for three consecutive years, 1994-96.