The Ambition Project
Professor Jason Brennan has designed a series of unconventional 'Ambition' class assignments aimed at pushing students out of their comfort zones. The tasks include public failure exercises and complex social experiments involving time management and interpersonal negotiation.
Why it matters
These assignments highlight a pedagogical shift toward experiential learning and character building in higher education, challenging traditional academic structures.
I was fascinated to hear about Jason Brennan ’s class assignments for his “Ambition” class. Reprinted with his kind permission. I doubt that the average U.S. college student would actually follow through with any of these challenges, but they’d be great for a school like UATX !
In my first year seminar course Ambition, in addition to their other work, students will need to complete four of the following assignments, including at least one starred project. Two of these I got from Jess Flanigan at Richmond.
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