Alvino Fantini
A hard but necessary change
From its founding, SIT has always been an innovator in its intercultural approach to education and its embrace of values like social justice. Its new program design offers a world of possibilities.
A little over five decades ago, I arrived at the former Sandanona Estate just north of Brattleboro, recently purchased by the Experiment in International Living (now World Learning, Inc.) to serve as a training site for Peace Corps volunteers destined for many countries around the world.
As Peace Corps training moved in-country, the site eventually developed into the School for International Training (SIT) with the development of its first MA program, the Teaching of Languages, followed by various other MAT (master of arts in teaching) degrees.