Plans for a new Bahá’í university
Monday, October 31st, 2005This is still in the planning stages, but it’s at least garnering positive attention: a Bahá’í is Ontario planning to create a new Bahá’í-inspired university:
The plan is to build “a learning environment that is informed by and consistent with Baha’i-inspired principles. . . .
Required courses on the proposed curriculum include: learning and its applications, scientific reasoning and investigation, approaches to religion, reasoning and writing, communicating effectively and seminars on human rights, global prosperity, the advancement of women. Electives include: introduction to philosophy, media and society, conflict resolution strategies, culture and psychology, classical social theory, lifespan development.Initially, the college would be housed in the now-empty Nancy Campbell school in downtown Stratford. In its first year, there would likely be 40 to 50 students, says Naylor, and eventually, as many as 1,000. As the student body grows, it is hoped that some offices and possibly classrooms could be located at a nearby building owned by Naylor or in what is currently the Stratford Public Library (after a new library is built). It is also possible, he says, that a new campus could be established on “20 acres of land from the city.”
The man behind this, Gordon Naylor, was also one of the founders of the Nancy Campbell Institute, which the article discusses, though it fails to mention any of the other educational projects being undertaken by Bahá’í communities around the world.
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