Press Release Summary: Education in America requires new solutions. Will Marre, founder of the ThoughtRocket.com blog and the American Dream Project, proposes CitizenOne, a fully accredited, tuition-free, online University teaching socially strategic leadership. It's new education for a new future.
Press Release Body: San Diego, CA, October 23, 2008 -- Education is a major issue facing America. "Today the gate to the path to the real American Dream is education," states Will Marre, acclaimed speaker and CEO of REALeadership Alliance, "Yet that gate seems to be locked." In his Oct. 16th post "Free College Education for All Americans" ( http://snipurl.com/4ma55 ) and video clip "CitizenOne" Marre addresses this problem and offers a solution. He proposes CitizenOne, www.WeAreCitizenOne.com, a fully accredited, tuition-free, online university teaching socially strategic leadership.
According to "The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society" ( http://snipurl.com/4ma7d ) the more education one has the less likely one is to be poor, unhealthy, overweight, divorced, abusive, alcoholic, or drug addicted. Yet as Bob Schieffer stated in the Oct. 15th Presidential debate, ( http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2008d.html ) "The U.S. spends more per capita than any other country on education. Yet, by every international measurement, in math and science competence, from kindergarten through the 12th grade, we trail most of the countries of the world. The implications of this are clearly obvious. Some even say it poses a threat to our national security."
So what is the answer? Only a few minutes in the Presidential Debate were devoted to it and the presidential candidates offered recycled answers such as charter schools, vouchers, financial aid, and student loans. Marre states, "These solutions are the same old thinking for the same old problems. What CitizenOne offers is a new way of thinking, a new way of being, and a new way of daring."
Marre paints a picture of CitizenOne, all funded by advertisers. "Imagine being able to earn a fully accredited Bachelors degree on-line for free. Imagine the courses were fully engaging, state of the art, multi-media sessions hosted in a Facebook-type social media environment." Marre continues, "Imagine every class requiring students to cement their learning by doing projects that benefited the community. Math classes would require tutoring children and science classes - environmental clean up."
The motto of CitizenOne is "Make Your Difference that is The Difference." It is Marre's hope that through education we will not only improve the lives of those educated but also save our collective future.
About Will Marre Will Marre is an Emmy Award-winning writer, speaker and coach. He is the co-founder and former president of the Covey Leadership Center (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People). He is currently the CEO of the REALeadership Alliance, where he helps leaders implement new socially-strategic business and branding models, and Consulting Director of UC San Diego Extension's Responsible Enterprise Forum. For more information on Will Marre, please visit http://www.willmarre.com, or visit http://www.thoughtrocket.com to view his weekly blog. You can also email wmarre@thoughtrocket.com; phone ThoughtRocket at 866-876-6596; or mail: P.O. Box 235180, Encinitas, CA 92023. Press Release Submission By PressReleasePoint(http://www.pressreleasepoint.com)
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Contact Details: Will Marre ThoughtRocket.com P.O. Box 235180 Encinitas, CA 92023 866-876-6596 info@thoughtrocket.com http://www.thoughtrocket.com/blog
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