Carleton College

What Participants Say...

"I want to roll back the years and study quite hard in high school so I can attend Carleton and learn from people like our instructors. They were the best of American education—not in total, but in who they were for us this week. I am very grateful for their efforts."
"A marvelously enriching experience from beginning to end! Carleton has done an exemplary job in hosting AP teachers...."
"Everything was applicable. Great leadership from our teacher—so affirming and enthusiastic about AP. This week made me proud to be a teacher doing AP."
"The instructors were well prepared and insightful about methods. They worked well with students and allowed the participants to have ideas."
"The teachers provided an open and comfortable environment to learn and ask questions."
"This was a highly engaging workshop with outstanding facilitators."
"The instructors in my area were superb! Great delivery and knowledge. Truly inspiring in all aspects."
"I have attended other summer institutes and this was by far the best in terms of organization, materials, and instruction."
"Class definitely met my expectations. I have a lot of material that I will be able to use to enhance my AP Calculus class.... Quality workshop—well worth the time and money!"

Summer Academic Programs

Summer Writing Program

The Summer Writing Program emphasizes a writing process approach, teaching you how to compose academic papers similar to those you will write in college. The program is designed for college-bound students with strong reading and writing abilities.
Summer Science Institute

The Carleton Summer Science Institute will help students learn to think and write like a scientist by doing science. CSSI students, faculty, and Carleton undergraduate research assistants will engage in classroom and hands-on research related to faculty and student interests.
Summer Quantitative Reasoning Institute

The Summer Quantitative Reasoning Institute is designed to give high school sophomores and juniors a substantial college-level experience in how social scientists think about the world, measure important variables of study, prepare research, and present their findings. Students will examine theories in three core disciplines - Economics, International Relations and Psychology.
Summer Computer Science Institute

Students will learn how to systematically approach problems like a computer scientist as they engage in classroom learning, hands-on lab activities, and collaborative guided research directed by Carleton faculty and mentored by undergraduate research assistants. The program will culminate with a Research Symposium where students will demonstrate the results of their collaborative guided research project.
Carleton Liberal Arts Experience

The CLAE program introduces the strengths of a liberal arts education through an array of courses in science, art, social sciences, and technology.
Summer Teaching Institute

The Summer Teaching institute is a week-long workshop for teachers of existing or proposed Advanced Placement, enriched, or accelerated classes in grades 7-12. Since 1980, Carleton has hosted more than 4500 teaches from over 520 schools nationwide.