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Perpetua Humanitas
Phone: 302-456-9838
E-mail:
info@thenewschool.com
Address: P.O. Box 947, Newark, DE, 19715
Contact: Melanie Jago Hiner
Website:
www.thenewschool.com
Description:
Perpetua Humanitas is an association of free
people who come together to help one another
learn. Perpetua Humanitas helps people pursue
their interests in the manner best suited to
themselves and that pursuit. Studies are
supported by conversation and activities that
challenge their current understanding, with the
intention of helping them realize a richer, more
fulfilling life.
Perpetua Humanitas is open to anyone, regardless
of age or educational background, who wants to
learn. Those engaged in a pursuit design a
course of inquiry with the help of the Senior
Fellows with a pedagogical emphasis on radical
questioning, discussion, and practicum where
appropriate. Fees are mutually agreed upon by
the participants. Anyone who wants to have a
hand in developing their own pursuit and who is
willing to engage in rigorous discourse is
welcome.
Perpetua Humanitas does not grant traditional
degrees. The Senior Fellows of Perpetua
Humanitas are here to help people learn and
think, not necessarily to gain certification or
employment. Of course, this does not preclude
anyone from pursuing such an aim through the
design of a course of studies in the Great Books
or by crafting a syllabus similar to that found
in a traditional college. But Perpetua Humanitas
does not itself certify this. The focus of the
college is the quest itself, not the externally
lauded or commercially profitable fruits of that
labor. Pursuits to date have included
Architectural & Interior Design, Hospice Care,
Novel Writing, Speed & Advanced Reading
Techniques, and The Relationship Between Culture
& Language.
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