Shoshin College is an experimental learning co-operative that’s positioning itself outside of the existing way of how learning and teaching works.
UNIVERSAL. We embrace all domains and disciplines and invite everyone to teach and learn, regardless of background.
INCLUSIVE. We believe in high quality work but also that anyone can do high quality work. We do not exclude people because of the quality of their work. We include them because we want them to improve.
IN-PERSON. There is tons of online learning material. What’s missing is humane interactions in a community of people.
EVER-FLUCTUATING. We embrace iteration and invite change alongside experimentation and impermanence.
UNACCREDITED. We are trying something new and in order to explore it, we need not be tied down by the existing ways of how learning works today.
HIGH QUALITY. We could succeed in starting a learning institution but what’s interesting is to make it high quality and more importantly: higher quality than the current way of learning institutions.
LOW-COST. Wealth inequality contributes to a decreasing average quality of life for the Western resident. We are not interested in adding to this.