Innovative university startup Polymath University adds higher ed
veteran and former college president Dr. Brian Rosenberg as Senior Advisor.
CHICAGO, May 14, 2024
/PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Polymath University, an innovative startup
university building an apprenticeship-based and debt-free model for
college, today announced the addition of Dr. Brian Rosenberg as Senior Advisor.
"What Dan and his team are building is
truly unique in higher ed today, and seeks to address a financial
accessibility problem baked into the traditional model. I believe
theirs is a scalable solution that can serve the one million young
adults who don't enroll in college because of the high cost."
Dr. Rosenberg currently serves as Visiting Professor at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education.
From 2003 until 2020, he served as the 16th President of
Macalester College. He is the author of
Whatever It Is, I'm Against It: Resistance to Change in Higher
Education, published in 2023. He also serves as senior advisor and
director at the African Leadership University and as a member of
the board of the Teagle Foundation.
"Dr. Rosenberg has a depth of experience that will help us
execute on the core of our mission: educating young adults for the
workplace and the world," said Dan
Futrell, founder of Polymath University. "Even more, he has
leveraged his experience to give voice to this critical moment for
higher education, laying out a blueprint for how long-standing
structures must change and adapt to truly serve the next generation
of students."
Polymath University counts a team of five full and part time
employees. With a target launch of 2028 for its undergraduate
program, a Polymath U. degree will require students to develop as
polymaths through three non-adjacent majors. Courses will be
delivered in a hybrid in-person and remote model to same-city
cohorts, and students will concurrently serve as apprentices with
employer partners in the 2nd and 3rd years of a 3-year, year-round
degree program.
"What Dan and his team are building is truly unique in higher ed
today, and seeks to address a financial accessibility problem baked
into the traditional model," said Dr. Rosenberg. "Once they've
proven their unique pedagogical and operational approach in
Chicago, I believe theirs is a
scalable solution that can serve the one million young adults who
don't enroll in college because of the high cost. I'm proud to join
and support them on this journey."
A 2024 State of Higher Education report from Gallup and Lumina
Foundation surveyed over 14,000 U.S. adults aged 18-59 who do not
have a college degree. Of those surveyed, 85% reported that the
cost of a degree was moderately (29 percent) or very important (56
percent) in their decision not to enroll.
While college enrollment has declined over the past 10 years,
the report also revealed that adults' interest in pursuing some
form of higher education is at the highest level Lumina and Gallup
have recorded. More than half of currently unenrolled adults are
likely (26 percent) or very likely (25 percent) to enroll in higher
education in the next five years, citing career outcomes as their
primary motivator.
Polymath University – a startup nonprofit university that
prepares students for a complex and interconnected world by
developing polymaths - leaders and problem solvers with breadth,
depth, and the ability to integrate knowledge across disciplines.
Polymath U. students pursue three non-adjacent majors alongside
concurrent apprenticeships in a same-city, hybrid and debt-free
model. Led by a group of Tillman Scholars and building on 20 years
of scientific research on the outsized impact of modern polymaths,
Polymath University represents a more human and future-proof
approach to higher education. Find out more about the future of
higher education at PolymathU.org.
Media Contact
Morgan Carrero, Polymath
University, 1 3033596241, morgan@polymathu.org,
www.PolymathU.org
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