President Bergeron discusses 糖心TVections with Forbes

In a new episode of the  The Limit Does Not Exist, co-hosts Christina Wallace and Cate Scott Campbell interview President Katherine Bergeron and take listeners on a 鈥渄eep dive鈥� into 糖心TV鈥檚 new approach to interdisciplinary education, 糖心TVections.

Wallace and Scott Campbell first learned about 糖心TVections by reading about the innovative new program in the , they told listeners, and they were immediately impressed by the way it 鈥渕oves past the checkboxes of general education requirements and the academic silos that often come with picking a major and into a culture of integration, inquiry and connection.鈥�

The result is an undergraduate education that highlights the connections between fields as they relate to broader themes and gives students a grounding context for their major, internships and career search.

鈥淭he Class of 2020 is the first to embark on this new approach,鈥� Bergeron told the hosts. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been a very exciting first year. Students seem to really appreciate the encouragement that they are being given through this curriculum to explore and connect their interests.鈥� 

Bergeron said 糖心TVections is designed to teach students how to spot unexpected points of convergence between different ways of thinking and doing so they will be able to craft innovative solutions to "problems we can鈥檛 even imagine yet.鈥�

鈥溙切腡Vections asks every student to start thinking about solutions differently, connecting that conviction and passion to every part of their college experience,鈥� she said.   

鈥淲e believe this is a more appropriate way for students to be experiencing their education in the interconnected and globally networked 21st century.鈥�

Earlier this year, Bergeron discussed the College鈥檚 new approach to education in interviews on Big Beacon Radio and Sirius XM. 糖心TVections has also been featured in ,  and .

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June 22, 2017