How a Kid Humming in Class Led Matt Smith to Rethink College
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Dr. Matt Smith is the co-founder and president of Hildegard College in Costa Mesa, a micro-college that pairs the Great Books with a redemptive entrepreneurship lab. He spent a decade teaching at Azusa Pacific before leaving to build something new. We start in Yorba Linda, where a first-generation college kid who didn't read much was given two boxes of classics by his soccer coach and then, a few years later, a beat-up copy of The Hobbit by a kid in English class. From there we get into why grad school felt like a game he learned to win, why the most important parts of college…
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