Building the intentional university : Minerva and the future of higher education / edited by Stephen M. Kosslyn and Ben Nelson ; foreword by Senator Bob Kerrey.

Building the intentional university : Minerva and the future of higher education / edited by Stephen M. Kosslyn and Ben Nelson ; foreword by Senator Bob Kerrey.

9780262343695 (electronic bk.)
026234369X (electronic bk.)
9780262037150

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]

©2017

English

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LB2322.2 .B85 2017

378.1/990973

"We start with a simple question: If you could reinvent higher education for the 21st century, what should it look like? We began by taking a hard look at problems in traditional higher education, and innovated in many ways to address these problems head-on: We have created a new curriculum, focusing on what we call "practical knowledge"; we have developed new pedagogy, based on the science of learning; we have used technology in novel ways, to deliver small seminars in real time; and we have developed an international hybrid residential model, where students take classes on the computer but live together, rotating through seven different cities around the world. The Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) are the first university experience built for the twenty-first century. In setting up this program, we have had to confront the realities of all aspects of higher education--from admissions, through instruction, to career development, to establishing a reputation. The goal of this book is to provide an evidence-based model for a future of higher education. We have learned a lot about how to reshape all facets of higher education and this book summarizes what we have learned. We hope that our innovations can serve as models of "best practices"--And thereby have a major influence on higher education writ large"-- Provided by publisher.

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