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Manifesto · students for open and universal learning

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MIT allows its students to take any course and any number of courses from the curriculum with or without credit, where taking a course gives you access to all of the course’s learning materials. This opportunity inspires an amazing, empowering feeling that you can learn anything you want to, as long as you put in the required time and effort. The main thing I took away from my college courses wasn’t content knowledge, but instead learning how to learn. By the time I was graduating, I felt like as long as I had good enough learning resources, I could learn anything. And I felt like if I could learn anything, I could do anything. There are many additional elements that are often prerequisites for learning and doing things – opportunities, networks, financial security, time, good health, a good K-12 education, and more – but access to high-quality learning resources, whatever form they may take, is an essential piece. Knowledge empowers people. For many topics, and for many sequences of t

Manifesto · students for open and universal learning Manifesto Introduction What we do Vision Frequently asked questions Introduction MIT allows its students to take any course and any number of courses from the curriculum with or without credit, where taking a course gives you access to all of the course’s learning materials. This opportunity inspires an amazing, empowering feeling that you can learn anything you want to, as long as you put in the required time and effort. The main thing I took away from my college courses wasn’t content knowledge, but instead learning how to learn. By

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