Creating the University of the Future

A presentation advocating the creation of a University with an emphasis on: Development of skills instead of the memorizing of information. For example, teaching you how to think, not what to think. Pieces of information become outdated more easily than an array of skills. Renaissance style Curriculum: Excessive specialization would be discouraged in favor of a more well-rounded approach. Philosophy, Music, Arts and Sciences as well as physical activities will make an essential part of one’s development as well as real life skills usually neglected at mainstream educational institutions, like: Being Cool Getting Laid & Living Great Relationships (Pre-Requisite: Being Cool) Knowing Yourself The Art of Listening Understanding Women (30-year course. Pre-Requisite: The Art of Listening) Understanding Men (30-minute course) Project Based learning - You’d learn by doing not by regurgitating what other people have done. Your projects would be aimed to be as “real world” as possible. Students would be encouraged to solve real world problems, legitimate enough so that they can become part of your future CV. By the time you’re out of school you already have a “track-record”. Entrepreneurship: The approach: “I get an education then find a job” is outdated. Every week you will be encouraged to create your own company with the assistance of mentors who are successful in the real world giving you cutting edge advice on how to build and grow your idea into a business, whether profit or

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