A Boeing Exec’s $20 Million Bet on Teaching College Students to Think – Calhoun Discovery Program

Many workers can’t see the big picture beyond the screen in front of them. The Calhoun Discovery Program at Virginia Tech aims to teach students that problem-solving requires both sides of the brain.

The Calhoun Discovery Program (CDP) combines a structured disciplinary education with an open-ended, collaborative, and transdisciplinary discovery process. Students collaborate with one another across disciplines, as well as work alongside our faculty, industry, and non-profit partners. After four years of learning the process of discovery, innovation, and problem-solving, students will be prepared to face the real world. Under this new learning platform, students will graduate from Virginia Tech with the skills and knowledge needed to lead collaborative sociotechnical innovation and live out our motto Ut Prosim, “That I May Serve.”