Editing New England Literature Program (section)

{{Short description|Academic program}}
The '''New England Literature Program''' ('''NELP''') is an academic program run by the [[University of Michigan]] that takes place off-campus during the Spring half-term. University of Michigan faculty and other staff teach the courses, and students earn regular University of Michigan credit. The program has been in existence since 1975<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=2004-08-01 |title=A Sense of Place |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/01/education/a-sense-of-place.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and has an endowed permanent directorship in the English Department to ensure NELP's continuation.

The program, founded by English professors Walter Clark and Alan Howes,<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Jillian |date=2008-10-07 |title=NELP continues with new director |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/uncategorized/new-nelp-director/ |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=The Michigan Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittier-Ferguson |first=John |title=A Report from a Visit to the New England Literature Program |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/english/news-events/all-news/search-news/a-report-from-a-visit-to-the-new-england-literature-program.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=U-M LSA English Language and Literature |language=en}}</ref> takes place at [[Camp Kabeyun]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://lsa.umich.edu/nelp/about-us.html |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=U-M LSA New England Literature Program |language=en}}</ref> on [[Lake Winnipesaukee]] in [[Alton Bay, New Hampshire|Alton Bay]], [[New Hampshire]].<ref name=":3" /> The program's location has shifted throughout the years, previously taking place at [[Camp Belknap]] and Camp Kehonka in [[Wolfeboro, New Hampshire|Wolfeboro]], [[New Hampshire]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Miller |first=Judith |date=July 1, 1976 |title=In the Footsteps of Thoreau |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40162589 |journal=[[Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning]] |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=42-45 |doi=10.1080/00091383.1976.10568904 |jstor=40162589|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and at [[Camp Wohelo]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Winkle |first=Mark Van |date=2009-06-01 |title=Getting ready for the summer. |url=https://wohelo.com/getting-ready-for-the-summer/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Wohelo Camps |language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Camp Mataponi]] on [[Sebago Lake]] in [[Maine]].<ref name=":1" /> NELP lasts for six and a half weeks, with 40 students and 13 staff members participating each year. In addition to formal academic work in literature and writing, staff and students offer non-credit instruction in canoeing, camping, art, and nature studies. Students also teach or co-teach classes as part of the NELP program, and several three-day hiking and camping trips round out the NELP curriculum. Students at NELP live without cell phones, recorded music, video cameras, and email/computers.