Big Dreams for a New Kind of Education on a Campus in Chile

By David D. Burstein. With all the big ideas in higher education from MOOCs to disruptive models, one place you might not expect to find new ideas is Santiago, Chile, but that's exactly where one new venture has taken flight. Exosphere, which officially opens on September 23, is one part university, one part boot camp, and one part incubator, and two parts experiment. The institution is designed to create a unique experience for each student, who is an entrepreneur-in-training, by giving them skills based knowledge, resources, mentorship, training, and a strong community. More...