DEEP SPRINGS, Calif. — There is no ivy here in the high desert between California’s White Mountains and the Nevada border, but among the cows and scrub lies one of the most selective colleges in the ...

Deep Springs College is a tiny 30-person-or-less school located in the desert of eastern California. But the size isn't the only factor that sets Deep Springs apart. It is currently all male, tuition ...

In a remote valley deep in the California desert lies an experiment in higher education like no other. Here, at Deep Springs College, roughly two dozen students study great books and perform difficult ...

"Isolated," "labor-intensive," and "rural" are not typical keywords for a high school girl's college dream. But they were for mine. With a student body of 26 and an emphasis on manual labor, Deep ...

Judge rules that trust that supports Deep Springs College can have mission broadened from "education of promising young men" to "education of promising young people." Deep Springs College, among the ...

Deep Springs College had to reject all of its female applicants this week -- but that was no comment on their applications. Rather, a California judge granted an injunction to Deep Springs alumni who ...

DEEP SPRINGS VALLEY, Calif. — When you’re as rare and vulnerable as a black toad, you can’t afford to be coy about romance. Surrounded by an unforgiving desert and forever isolated on a small patch of ...

In mid-June, a group of eighteen young women arrived on a makeshift campus in mountainous, rural North Carolina, thirty miles from the nearest interstate and a long hike from reliable cell-phone ...