deep springs students , staff moving cattle.
deep springs founded on 3 principles, commonly called 3 pillars : academics, labor, , self-government.
in addition studies, students work minimum of 20 hours week either on ranch , farm attached college or in positions related college , community. position titles have historically included cook, irrigator, butcher, groundskeeper, cowboy, office cowboy, dairy, , feedman. deep springs maintains cattle herd , alfalfa hay farming operation. deep springs ranch s brand inverted capital t, known according traditional branding terminology swinging t .
students pay incidental expenses such textbooks. tuition, room , board not charged, point noted critical college s founder, l. l. nunn, in correspondence student bodies. lack of tuition referred full scholarship. according nunn, labor program not intended substitute or exchange scholarship or tuition, rather fundamental part of educational experience.
self-governance critical part of deep springs educational program. students hold decision-making authority in determinations admissions, curriculum, , faculty hiring. every student serves on 1 of 4 standing committees during time student: applications (apcom), curriculum (curcom), communications (comcom) or review , reinvitations (rcom). communications committee (comcom) created in 1990s , charged shaping policies define college s relations world @ large.
the college supports 3 administrators, 8 or 9 professors, , staff of five. professors may not hold tenure. 3 long-term professorships can held 6 years, , 4 short-term slots filled 1 or 2 terms of 7 or fourteen weeks each.
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