A Unique Program at Hillsdale College Nurtures a New Generation of Public Servants, Based on America’s Founding Principles

A profound understanding of politics and thought

The graduate program allows students to complete degrees at their own pace. Courtesy of The Kirby Center

“Father of the Constitution” and fourth President of the United States James Madison once stated, “A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.”

And a well-instructed people is exactly what Dr. Matthew Spalding envisioned when he took the helm as Dean of the Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government. Here, students seek serious study based at the very seat of policy-making in the United States: Washington, D.C.