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Plato University is a non-profit on a mission to provide free education for the betterment of humanity. We match students passions with global challenges, teaching them skills not taught at traditional universities. We do this through online courses, fellowships, and learning networks.
The step by step guide to land your dream job and have lifetime of purposeful work and career success!
Discover your purpose in life, combining who you are with making an impact in the world, and learn the proven tools and strategies to achieve it.
Learn the science based tools of pro learners to become smarter, remember more, and master any hard skills.
The step by step guide to launch a successful podcast without any tech skills or experience producing content!
91% of people express the importance of living life with a sense of purpose. Yet, there are increases in anxiety disorders, depression, and despair around the world and suicide is a leading cause of death in the U.S.
Higher education is expected an additional 200 million new students by 2030. However, there is expected to be a $8.5 trillion loss due to a shortage of skilled talent. Clearly, education is falling short of actually preparing skilled students while simultaneously costing too much, as 62% students worlwide still don't gain access.
Climate change, poverty, pandemics, social conflict — the global challenges needing solutions are beginning to stack up. Progress towards solving them are grim with more than 50 percent of targets of the SDGs being weak and insufficient, while 30 percent have stalled or gone into reverse.
Purpose
When students feel a sense of purpose connected with what they are learning, they are highly motivated, improve academic performance, increase mental health, and develop a love for life long learning.
Economic Progress & Personal Growth
Problem-solving is one of the most sought-after skills employers look for in potential hires. With the right education, students can be prepared to tackle any problem, professionally or personally.
Global Solutions
Education underlies all other complex problems in our society. If we solve the problems in the education system, we can prepare students with the skills they need to solve all other global problems.
Education is a human right and the most powerful leverage point for the betterment of humanity. For this reason, we provide free access to online, mission-driven, supplemental courses that cover skills not taught in traditional universities with a focus on solving the world's greatest challenges.
Holy cow. Brandon is the real deal. I've taken many many courses on many platforms from others, and I will have to say, when I took his Podcast Course, it was one of the best courses, material, and set up I have ever seen. No fluff, no wasting your time, actionable reachable SMART steps necessary to help you learn the skill and succeed. We need more people with the skills Brandon has!
"Coming into the Plato community gave me the accountability, made what I wanted to accomplish completely achievable, and also it was just completely fun."
"I am not a techy person so was unsure of what was to come. Help was there and Brandon literally thought of everything. I loved how the program was broken down into manageable chunks. With patience and knowledge, Brandon guided us to come up with WHY of doing our unique podcast. We had a meaningful focus as we built each part. I am grateful for the experience and support that I received and would highly recommend working with Brandon Stover. You will receive more than you expect and be equipped to build your podcast and bring your voice to the world."
"I loved Brandon's approach, his teaching style, and his support structure that enables you to launch your podcast (and be able to monetize it) in 60 days. The program takes you from the very beginning stages through the journey to monetization. I was able to launch my podcast in less than 6 months and leveraged the material over and over again while writing, hosting, producing 50 podcast episodes of my 1st podcast. His material was top-notch and reusable. I can't wait to launch my 2nd podcast!"
"I came to Brandon through his course on how to start your own podcast. Brandon's episodes stood out to me by how well organized they were. His ideas are clearly articulated and he breaks down exactly how to understand your target audience. Brandon is smart, approachable, friendly, and helpful. Highly recommend!"
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We promise to help students discover themselves, their purpose, and equip them with the skills necessary to reach self actualization through solving the greatest challenges of our time.
We promise to help students discover themselves, their purpose, and equip them with the skills necessary to reach self actualization through solving the greatest challenges of our time.
Students must pick a standardized degree; told what and when to learn
Curriculum based on faculty interests or academic research
Outdated curriculum consumed through passive lectures and rote memorization
Students more or less treated the same with no aid in personal discovery
Rigid schedules and timeframes based on credit hours and grades
Vibrant in person communities locked to a geographic location
Minimal career support or placement
2-4 years till graduation
$9,000+ a year in tuition; with loans and interest
Co-creation of personalized learning paths, at a pace that best suits you
Curriculum based on student's interest and global challenges
Curriculum is practical, industry informed and actively engaged with through real challenges & projects
Help to foster a deeper understanding one's own interests, passions and talents, as well as their aspirations and goals.
Based on skill mastery, allowing for flexible and adaptive learning
Vibrant online community engaging in projects and social events
Career coaching and direct employer pipelines
Graduate in 6-24 months
Affordable monthly tuition; no loans, no interest.
Students have some control over pace of learning, but not content
Curriculum strictly vocational focused
Some curriculum is industry informed but consumed through passive lectures on videos
Students more or less treated the same with no aid in personal discovery
Rigid schedules and timeframes based on credit hours and grades
Very little community interaction in person or online; learning is siloed
Some career support or placement
1-4 years till graduation
$2,000+ a year in tuition; with loans and interest