How to be more successful in college Michelle Jones TEDxSalem

Michelle Jones is the founder and president of a small nonprofit university that she started a few years ago in response to criticism about the dysfunctional higher education system in the United States. During her 15 years of teaching leadership and organizational behavior courses in the traditional college system, she had a front-row seat to what students and faculty were experiencing. Several years ago, she brought together a group of like-minded people around a vision of what a revolution in higher education could look like. After years of helping groups and nonprofits organize for social impact as a volunteer (SuperThank, TEDxMtHood, World Domination Summit), Michelle launched her legacy project and a new type college – Wayfinding Academy – was born.

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