Wayfinding Academy is Featured for Initiative to Address Historic Inequality

The Wayfinding Academy is featured in "Portland college offers free tuition to Black and Native American students," with reporting by Meerah Powell and posted by Oregon Public Broadcasting on January 25, 2021. 

Powell interviewed founder and president, Michelle Jones, along with staff and students. There is also a short audio clip accompanying the article.

The Wayfinding Academy "...offers one degree: a two-year associate’s in “self and society” with a focus, Jones said, on helping students figure out what they want to do after college, and how to get there."

You can also learn more in a Small College Garden post from April 2, 2018, "Wayfinding Academy: New 2-Year College Featured on EdSurge."

TEDxSalem posted a segment by Michelle Jones, "How To Do College Better," where she shares her path to the founding of Wayfinding Academy.

Wayfinding Academy: New 2-Year College Featured on EdSurge

EdSurge published an interesting post on the Wayfinding Academy in Portland, OR, "This New 2-Year College is Unlike Any Other, And That Could Be Its Biggest Challenge."  Jeffrey R. Young provides an overview in the article of Wayfinding's unique curricular approach focusing on self-discovery.  Wayfinding Academy is now seeking applicants for its third cohort of students that will begin in fall 2018.

You can also read previous Small College Garden post on other artisanal or microcolleges:

• Tuesday, November 15, 2016 Small Liberal Arts Colleges: Positive Report from a Gathering of Presidents
• Sunday, August 28, 2016 A Call for more UltraSmall Colleges
• Thursday, March 30, 2017 Partnership offers Path to Degrees for Single Mothers