The Future of Smart

Revolutionizing the Honors College by Centering the Values of Living, Learning and Community.

Episode Summary

Join us to learn about how the Honors Living and Learning Community at Rutgers Newark is interrogating the structures and systems in K-12 and higher education that fail to recognize the brilliance and talent of so many students.

Episode Notes

How colleges and universities evaluate applicants and how they structure the post-secondary learning experience tethers K-12 to many practices that work against the shift to more human-centered approaches. In this episode we’re going to learn about how one post-secondary program is working to revolutionize the idea of the "honors college.” The Honors Living and Learning Community at Rutgers Newark is interrogating the structures and systems in K-12 and higher education that fail to recognize the brilliance and talent of so many students who are the promise of tomorrow. What lessons does their approach offer us as we work to broaden our conception of human potential and success?

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