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Subject(s)

• Education, Higher—Aims and objectives [Browse]
• Education, Higher—Philosophy [Browse]
• Education, Higher—Curricula [Browse]

Editor

• Kosslyn, Stephen Michael, 1948- [Browse]
• Nelson, Ben, 1975- [Browse]

Related name

• Kerrey, Robert, 1943- [Browse]

Summary note

"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.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. What We Teach and Why. Part II. How We Teach. Part III. Creating a new institution. Afterword: For the sake of the world. Appendix A. Habits of mind and foundational concepts. Appendix B: Mission, principles, and practices.

Other title(s)

Minerva and the future of higher education

ISBN

• 9780262037150 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 0262037157 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 9780262536196
• 0262536196

LCCN

2017020888

OCLC

1020292309

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