New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college located in Sarasota, Florida. Composed of 87 faculty and about 800 students, New College is known for its high academic standards, narrative evaluation system, and its focus on independent research and student-driven curriculum. Founded originally as an innovative private institution, it is now an autonomous honors college of the State University System of Florida.
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New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college located in Sarasota, Florida. Composed of 87 faculty and about 800 students, New College is known for its high academic standards, narrative evaluation system, and its focus on independent research and student-driven curriculum. Founded originally as an innovative private institution, it is now an autonomous honors college of the State University System of Florida.
Four core principles form the base of New College's academic philosophy: (1) each student is responsible in the last analysis for his or her own education, (2) the best education demands a joint search for learning by exciting teachers and able students, (3) students' progress should be based on demonstrated competence and real mastery rather than on the accumulation of credits and grades, (4) students should have, from the outset, opportunities to explore in depth, areas of interest to them. To the end of putting this philosophy into practice, New College uses a...
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