Conversations with Marsha: Mikkel Thorup on Growing Up In Canada’s Public School System
In this conversation, Marsha interviews Mikkel Thorup about his experience in Canada’s public school system. Mikkel relays the harrowing, painful moments which led him to
Why You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Hating Lectures
A long school career of lectures, drills, memorization, and teaching methods out of tune with learning needs usually turns most students away from enthusiastic learning
Conversations with Marsha: How the Great Connections Can Help You
In this third episode, Marsha visits with chemical engineer and musician Lucy Hair, mother of one of the first students who attended the Great Connections Summer
Conversations with Marsha: Dick Bishirjian on the Future of Online Education
Dick Bishirjian, head of the American Academy of Distance learning, http://www.academydl.com, was Founding President of one of the first online universities,Yorktown University from 2000-2016. Before
Conversations With Marsha: How to Improve Education
Marsha Enright, Founder and Director of The Great Connections Seminars of the RIF Institute, will host periodic conversations around contemporary topics, especially related to education, philosophy,
The Creative Destruction of COVID-19: How Higher Education Will Change For the Better
Marsha Familaro Enright gives young people a lot to chew on as they prepare college plans for a future that is decidedly much less certain,
The Great Connections Winter Programs and the Mannkal Economic Education Foundation
View of Chicago from the Aon Building on East Randolph; NBC pyramid tower in the forefront, Marina City as cylindrical buildings, and Trump Tower the
Montessori, Liberty, & Late Bloomers
MONTESSORI AND LIBERTY What’s the best way to teach and learn the ideas, values, and virtues needed in a free society? Is it enough to
Do Top Colleges Matter for Lifetime Success?
Thousands scramble to get into the Ivy League, Stanford, University of Chicago, and every other school considered elite. Is that the best strategy for picking
Scandals and Blueprints
A NEW SCANDAL – OR NOT? Isn’t the admissions scandal just a new variation on a long time practice of the universities? Wealthy, legacy children