Sphere College, a PATB Organization

News about one of our organizational members . . .

LOCAL FREE COLLEGE MARKS FIRST ANNIVERSARY,
WELCOMES NEW FACULTY

Sphere College celebrates its first year in Phoenixville, with new faculty on board and a waiting list of students.

At a time when a majority of people believe colleges are more focused on the bottom line than on student needs, Sphere has seen its mission validated by a recent joint study entitled "Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgments on How Colleges are Run" [The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and Public Agenda, Dec. 2009].

The Sphere College Program helps each student identify their passion, then gain skills to achieve their goal. For those wishing to integrate past accomplishments, life experience and the fruits of the Sphere curriculum into a new career, specialized training will provide an efficient avenue.

Prospective students are people of meager financial means, or veterans, artists, career changers and other talented people with varying amounts of formal education (including those holding college degrees), those who know they didn’t fit the generally accepted undergraduate model, and those who simply want to learn.

The professional staff has created a new norm, where arbitrary grading is replaced by individual guidance. That appealed to Dr. Michael Reddy, who joined the faculty in February. His credentials include a Ph.D. in cognitive science from the University of Chicago; he also served as Assistant Professor at Columbia University for six years.

For more information go to http://www.spherecollege.com or call Gail Fletcher at 610-331-0421.