Colleges that accept video essays or provide other avenues for students to express themselves in the admission process may be on to something.
That was the assessment made Wednesday by participants in the inaugural #NACACreads Twitter chat.
The issue was raised during a discussion of Sal Khan’s The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. In the book, Khan — founder of the online learning platform, Khan Academy — notes that “today’s world needs a workforce of creative, curious and self-directed lifelong learners.”