NEW COLLEGE LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE PROGRAM INTEGRATING RICKETTS GREAT BOOKS COLLEGE CURRICULUM

佛罗里达州萨拉索塔. — 新博网页 is debuting a version of its liberal arts degree in Spring 2024 that will feature classes offered through distance learning, supported by live video-conferencing seminars and discussion groups so that it will be accessible to students everywhere. The liberal arts curriculum spans the period from Ancient Greece to the modern age, 计划的课程成果包括四年制学士学位, 两年制大专学历, 还有一年的证书.

New College was established on the foundation of great western traditions in the liberal arts. The New College faculty-led program includes Ricketts Great Books College materials and will expand access to these timeless lessons to a global audience. This program will empower students with a liberal arts education adapted for life in an ever-changing world by providing curriculum based on essential teachings from the greatest thinkers in history.  

“对于今天的大学生来说，学习是至关重要的 如何思考, before embarking on a specialization and learning what to think” said Joe Ricketts, 里基茨大书学院的创始人. 特补充道, “2,500 years this knowledge has been the bedrock of teaching students 如何思考 independently. 新博网页的文科学位, 与里基茨伟大的图书学院合作, helps them develop critical thinking skills better than any other approach. 它在第一年涵盖了永恒的思想, then explores those ideas in depth to unearth their modern and forward-thinking applications during subsequent semesters.”   

“This effort expands the reach of New College’s offerings and further distinguishes our Honors College from our peers,新博网页院长理查德·科科伦说. “This program will allow us to reach constituencies of all ages and in all locations and help to create generations of better leaders, 企业家, 父母, 充分参与的公民.”  

The new distance learning courses will be taught by New College faculty. 该项目将由博士监督. 大卫·艾伦·哈维, who was recently appointed as the inaugural dean of the Center for the Study of Western Civilization. 哈维拥有博士学位.D. in Modern European History from Princeton, is tenured and has taught at New College since 2000. He is the former chair of the Division of Social Sciences and Chair of the Faculty, 前教育政策委员会主席.

“I am honored to have been selected by President Corcoran to lead this exciting new venture,哈维说。. “The Great Books form part of the shared cultural heritage of humanity, and I am pleased that we will be expanding our reach to offer a classical liberal arts education to students who have not previously had access to this transformative learning experience.”

Mr. Ricketts has generously pledged scholarship funding to the program so that the projected tuition cost of a bachelor’s degree will be less than $12,000. With the scholarship, each 4-credit course will cost eligible students less than $160. 奖学金奖励为自己投资的学生, 努力工作，看着项目顺利完成. The Ricketts Scholarship will be administered through the New College 基金会.  

“The Ricketts Scholarship is one of the least restrictive scholarships in the nation, benefitting not just under-resourced learners but also those who may be pursuing college on non-traditional timelines later in life or after discovering the pitfalls of seeking higher education at an institution with higher costs and lower results,新博网页基金会执行董事Sydney Gruters说. 

The program is designed to suit everyone from recent high school graduates to advanced lifelong learners. 完成A之后.A. degree, students will have the option of continuing as distance education students to a B.A. degree or finishing their studies at New College’s beautiful 萨拉索塔 Bay campus to combine their Great Books studies with other academic programs offered by the college. The four-year completion of the program involves eight 16-credit semesters. All students completing the program will be invited to attend New College’s traditional May graduation ceremony. 

该项目将于2024年春季学期启动, 从1月29日开始, 有三门课程:欧几里得原理, 柏拉图, 和思想史第一部分. The History of Ideas is an eight-part sequence covering Western Intellectual History from ancient Greece to modern America. The program is designed so that students may take the history of ideas sequence to understand the broad framework of intellectual history and then take individual courses for a deep dive into subjects of interest. 每学期将增加更多的课程. 

New College is the smallest of 12 institutions in the State University System of Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature have provided an infusion of new leadership and financial appropriations to allow the College to reclaim its past stature among America’s great liberal arts schools. The offering of a program that takes classical learning to students outside of the historic and magnificent 萨拉索塔 campus is a leap forward in New College’s rebirth. 

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该计划的申请现在正在接受 应用.reverse-mortgage-explained.com. 将提供滚动入场, with the first course offerings set to coincide with the start of New College’s Spring 2024 semester on January 29. 报名人数有限. 有意申请者请致电941-487-4476或 (电子邮件保护) 有关申请程序的问题.