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Evolving Education
When Mary Frances Clarke
wrote, “Let us…keep our schools progressive with the times in which we live…” in 1884, she could not have imagined the world today. Living in a globally connected society had already increased our awareness of issues impacting access to a high quality education - then the pandemic made it shockingly clear that to continue the advancement of Clarke’s core values of education, charity, justice, and freedom, the university had to innovate. While some initiatives were already in motion when the pandemic struck, COVID-19 drove us to adopt new ways of thinking. Rather than push forward with what had worked in the past, we forged new paths that have had a positive impact for learners of all ages and backgrounds.
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