How college students benefit from Great Connections
Participants from the 2015 Great Connections Seminar in Chicago talk about its unique program and how deeply different it is from other schools, classes, and programs. They discuss the powerful effects it has on their development and goals.
A Radically Different Approach to Education
Hear attendees of the Great Connections Seminars talk about why they find the program so powerful.
How Do I Use The Great Connections Seminar In My Life?
Attendees of the Great Connections program discuss how the program has impacted their lives.
Event: The State and Future of Education
A talk by Marsha Familaro Enright, educational entrepreneur, author of the last chapter, “Liberating Education” in Common Ground on Common Core, editor of Ayn Rand Explained, Lead Developer and Instructor, The Great Connections Seminar for High School and College Students, and Founder and President of Council Oak Montessori School in Chicago for over 26 years. Many of us are aware of […]
The Long Game of the New Left
“After the Vietnam War, a lot of us didn’t just crawl back into our literary cubicles; we stepped into academic positions. With the war over, our visibility was lost, and it seemed for a while–to the unobservant–that we had disappeared. Now we have tenure, and the work of reshaping the universities has begun in earnest.” […]
Students Desribe the 2015 Great Connections Seminar
What Students Said About The Great Connections Seminar 2015 “The seminar is transformative; I grew as a person. Working part time in the Philippine Congress, my biggest goal is to share what I learned with my colleagues and friends and apply it to positively affect our lives.” Ken Wu, junior, University of the Philippines-Dilman, from Quezon […]
Understanding Power and the Power of Reason
Event: Great Connections Weekend Seminar for Working and Retired AdultsOur Theme: Reason and PowerWhen: Thursday evening, October 1 to Sunday midday, October 4, 2015 Includes a special dinner and address by philosopher Tibor Machan on Saturday night. Don’t miss out on our powerful weekend. We’ll: Delve deeply into “Types of Power” by Goldhammer and Shils […]
Does Common Ground Exist on Education?
In this 3 minute audio from Resounding Books, RIFI President Marsha Familaro Enright, discusses how people across the political spectrum can unite to reject the worst in education. As well, she discusses how students in the U.S. do in relation to their international peers – with some surprising conclusions.
Socratic Practice: A Powerful Method for Learning
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of the four-part series on an ideal university education; the first part is here, the second part is here, and the third part is here. Socratic Practice is a formidable discussion methodology that, when used properly, incorporates active listening at its best and nurtures reasoning skills and independence powerfully. Classrooms using Socratic […]
Ohio Students Receive Scholarships
Students in School of Entrepreneurial Engagement Program to Benefit from Enriching Intellectual and Cultural Program at The Great Connections Seminar Chicago, IL: Marsha Familaro Enright, President of The Reason, Individualism, Freedom Institute (RIFI) and James A. Kandrac, President and Founder of United Computer Group of Independence, Ohio, are pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Means, a junior […]
