The mission of Newlane University is: “To make quality online liberal arts higher education accessible to anyone on earth by breaking down barriers of cost, schedule and geography.” 

Our Learning Principles:

Newlane University is an online university that combines the best of contemporary learning theory with the abundant high quality instructional materials available today. The Newlane experience is oriented around discrete and clear learning objectives that have been carefully aligned with those in comparable courses and programs at respected universities. At Newlane, the aim is to master the learning objectives, not to spend time listening to a lecture, or consuming instructional media.

Demands of Programs:

Newlane Degree programs are rigorous academic programs, requiring students to master college-level conventions in writing, critical thinking, research, and documentation. Newlane programs take a competency-based education approach. This means that students pass courses only as they demonstrate mastery of the course goals and objectives, not just for spending time in the course. Accordingly, each course has a “course hearing” where a student meets in a live video conference with an expert. During these course hearings, the expert asks open-ended questions about the course goals and objectives and follow up questions to verify and approve that the student has mastered all the course goals and objectives, or not yet. Students should expect to spend two years in full time study to complete the Associate of Arts degree, and an additional two years in full time study to complete the Bachelor of Arts degree.