BeginningsThe Post-War YearsThe New MillenniumStudent Work Off-Campus


Carleton experienced an “opening up to the world” in the years following World War II. Interest in the wider world, fueled now by intellectual curiosity rather than missionary zeal, expanded and took on new forms, including interdisciplinary area studies programs, credit-bearing off-campus study programs, and increased political activism among students.

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Carleton in Pau participants on excursion in the Pyrenees
Carleton in Pau participants on excursion in the Pyrenees
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French Studies in Paris participants at the Luxembourg Garden
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