College Unbound at Southern New Hampshire University

College Unbound will begin at Southern New Hampshire University in the Fall of 2011.

Links of Interest

• College Unbound@SNHU Homepage:
• http://www.snhu.edu/10379.asp
  
• Official News Release:
• http://www.snhu.edu/10504.asp
  
• Social Media Release: 
• http://people.rit.edu/ctg9095/pr/index.html
  
• College Unbound@SNHU Application (pdf):
• http://www.snhu.edu/files/pdfs/College_Unbound_Application-Revised.pdf

College Unbound Wins Edison Award

College Unbound won a 2011 Silver Edison Award for Best New Product under the "Living, Working & Learning Environments - Higher Education Systems" category.

"Providence, RI, April 11, 2011 – In a packed ballroom of top international entrepreneurs and innovators, the small Rhode Island start-up project “College Unbound” received a Silver 2011 Edison Best New Product Award™ last Tuesday night, April 5th, for its innovation to reverse college drop-out rates and increase quality of learning.
In addition to featuring this year’s Best New Product Award recipients, the program at the historic Capitale ballroom in New York featured the presentation of the prestigious Edison Achievement Award to Alan Mulally, CEO of Ford Motor Company, and to John Hendricks, Founder and Chairman of Discovery Communications.  Danny Forster of the Science Channel’s “Build it Bigger” acted as emcee, with special guest Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe.”
An initiative of the educational non-profit Big Picture Learning, headquartered in Providence, College Unbound up-ends traditional educational practices and places value on students “doing,” not just “knowing.” College Unbound curricula emphasize real-world projects and internships over learning done passively in a classroom. Two partner universities, Roger Williams University in Rhode Island and Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, now offer College Unbound bachelor’s degrees to their students."

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For complete list of Edison Award winners, visit http://www.edisonawards.com/Winners2011.php

College Unbound at Roger Williams University

College Unbound began in Fall of 2009 with the inaugural class at Roger Williams University, located in Bristol, R.I.

Links of Interest

• News Article on College Unbound at Roger Williams University
• http://www.projo.com/news/content/met_college_21_04-21-09_RBE3OJB_v9.36a9bac.html
  
• Article on Ribbon Cutting for College Unbound at Roger Williams University
• http://collegeunbound.org/new-college-program-launches-in-providence-ri
  
• "How Big Picture Learning is revolutionizing what it means to go to college."
• http://www.good.is/post/college-unbound/
• "A Profile of College Unbound"
• http://www.bigpicture.org/2010/04/college-unbound-2/
• "Bus Trip Across America Launches New College Program."
• http://collegeunbound.org/bus-trip-across-america-launches-new-college-program
  
• Article Written by Jamie Scurry (Co-Director) and College Unbound Students
• http://www.nebhe.org/thejournal/how-to-develop-learners-who-are-consistently-curious-and-questioning%E2%80%94so-more-likely-to-be-college-ready/#hide
  
• Another Blogger's Critique and Analysis of College Unbound
•  http://saxifrageschool.org/?p=269

President Obama Mentions The Met Center

In a March 2010 speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commons, President Obama singled out The Met Center in Providence, Rhode Island, for "...effectively reducing the drop out rate and preparing students for 21st century careers through their personalized and authentic learning program" (Source).

Skip to the 11-minute mark to hear President Obama speak about The Met.

For full text, go here.