Hillsdale College in Hillsdale

Hillsdale, Michigan

Hillsdale is a city in the state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,305. It is the county seat of Hillsdale County, and is run as a council-manager government....

, Michigan

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, United States

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, is a co-educational liberal arts college

Liberal arts college

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 known for being the first American college to prohibit in its charter all discrimination

Discrimination

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 based on race, religion, or sex; its refusal of government funding; and its monthly publication, Imprimis

Imprimis

Imprimis is the monthly speech digest of Hillsdale College, described by Salon.com as "the most influential conservative publication you've never heard of" and by Rush Limbaugh as "one of the best and most important publications that I read."-History:Imprimis was founded in 1972 by Clark Durant...

. National Review

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has described Hillsdale as a "citadel of American conservatism."

More than 1,400 students attend Hillsdale from 45 states, the District of Columbia, and eight foreign countries.