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Deep Springs is a private, all-male, alternative college in Deep Springs, California, in the United States. The official name of the institution is "Deep Springs College." It was founded under the name "Deep Springs, Collegiate and Preparatory." Deep Springs is one of a few remaining all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States.

Deep Springs is founded on three principles, commonly called the "three pillars": academics, labor, and self-governance.
Deep Springs is a work college. In addition to studies, students work a minimum of 20 hours a week either on the ranch attached to the college or in positions related to the college and community (among these: cook, irrigator, butcher, groundskeeper, cowboy, feedman). Deep Springs maintains a cattle herd and an alfalfa hay farming operation. Deep Springs Ranch's brand is an upside-down capital T, known according to traditional branding terminology as the "Swinging T".
Students pay only for incidental expenses such as textbooks. Tuition, room, and board are covered by scholarships. Notably, the labor program is not in exchange for the scholarship or tuition, but is rather a part of the educational experience.
Self-governance is an important part of Deep Springs. Students play a dominant role in decisions about admissions, curriculum, and faculty hiring, and every student serves on one of three committees during his time as a student: Applications (ApCom), Curriculum (CurCom), or Review and Reinvitations (RCom). In the early 1990s, a new committee, Communications (ComCom) was created and charged with shaping the policies that define the college's relations with the world at large. (Physical isolation is a key aspect, philosophically as well as geographically, of life at Deep Springs.)
The college also supports three administrators, eight or nine professors, and a staff of five. Professors do not hold tenure. Three long-term professorships can be held for up to six years, and four short-term slots are filled for one or two terms of seven or fourteen weeks each.

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