Hampshire College gets major fundraising boost

A few years after nearly closing its doors, Hampshire College is now more than halfway toward a $60 million fundraising goal that it says will help support a new curriculum model. The anonymous and unrestricted $5 million gift announced Tuesday brings the Amherst liberal arts school’s fundraising campaign to $33 million. The Ken Burns Initiative to Transform Higher Education, named for the school’s filmmaker alumnus, was launched two years ago to help Hampshire overcome a financial crunch and…