our mission
Personalized Education
Our aim is to facilitate lifelong learning for high school students and adults of all ages, outside of the pressures and time constraints of formal schooling. We understand that many educated and successful adults did not enjoy the benefit of formal schooling in the humanities or the liberal arts - this is why we would like to offer a one-on-one 'out-of-the-classroom' experience that is both enriching and exciting.
The Importance of the New Humanities
Increasingly, humanities education includes an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses a wide variety of fields. Skills such as critical thought, persuasive writing and historical depth are needed to succeed is fields as diverse as finance and physics. We seek to integrate liberal arts education with the needs of contemporary society, whether that's mental health, media literacy, or better decisions in public policy or finance.
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Below is another recent article noting the desperate need for humanities education today, more than ever:
Highly Qualified Educators
We know that learning is easier when you have excellent teachers. That's why Personal Professors is staffed by friendly, welcoming scholars with PhDs from top American universities. All of our educators have been teaching for decades and are passionate about the subjects they teach, bringing a love of learning into every session they teach.
We bring decades of this teaching experience and professional pedagogical training to meet you--our learners--wherever you are, and help to reach your personal knowledge goals.
Wide Variety of Offerings
Whether you're looking for a passionate, informed discussion on one particular book or literary tradition, one film or film series, one subject in any period or region of world history, or in global art, we can help.
What would you like to study? Tell us. Unless it's outside of our diverse fields of expertise, we want to share with you!
All of our courses are customizable for your needs.
We work with you virtually, meeting at a time that works for you.
We work with individuals and businesses.
Easy Meetings
We offer a comfortable, friendly learning environment, where all questions are good ones, where you can learn candidly without sitting in classrooms with strangers, where access to the professor is open and direct, where personal development and cultural literacy proceed at your own pace. Learners compose their own questions, with our assistance if needed, and all learning is self-directed and self-motivated.
We meet on Zoom or Microsoft Teams to discuss subjects at your pace, on your schedule, either for single meetings or consecutive classes.