How is the Greenway model structured?
Our 4-year program will include:
2 years of hands-on, residential, project-based learning.
2 years of paid, work-integrated learning with academic credit and high-touch faculty mentoring.

Is this like a Co-Op Program?

No. Unlike traditional co-ops, work at Greenway will be fully integrated into the curriculum. Students receive academic credit, continuous support, and mentorship alongside their jobs.

Sounds really practical, but I don’t see how it leads to a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Is Greenway a technical school? 
No, Greenway will be offering a 4-year bachelor's degree in engineering, and while students will certainly graduate with deep technical skills, they will also graduate with broader skills and knowledge that is so important for long-term success:  the ability to learn on their own, to work on a team and to lead a team, the ability to communicate effectively, the resilience to reflect and  learn from failure.  Greenway is not a training program - it’s a holistic education.

Wait.  How can students be working AND learning enough to graduate at the same time?  The evidence is strong that students learn far more when they are working on something real, as opposed to doing classroom work – and students know it.  For example, recent graduates report that they learned more in their first six months on the job than they did in four years of college.  Greenway’s approach leverages the authentic experience that comes with work, and combines that with coaching, mentoring, and supplemental instruction so that students are reflecting on their experience, and learning new knowledge that can be put into practice immediately. From an experiential learning perspective, it’s a powerful combination: real world experience provided by the workplace, combined with scaffolded reflection and sense-making, provided by seasoned educators. 

Are you teaching traditional engineering courses like calculus and physics?
No. We’re redesigning our curriculum from the ground up—replacing lectures with projects, and outdated theory with real-world applications. Our curriculum reframes engineering as a process, rather than just a body of knowledge. We emphasize learning to learn, personal growth, and thinking critically over specific content. Greenway engineers are prepared to ask not only “Can we build it?” but also “Who is it for? What are the consequences? What is the right thing to build?”

How do you know this works?
We’ve already done it.  Through a National Science Foundation grant, we were able to run prototypes of both the on-campus, project-based component of the Greenway curriculum and the work-integrated component.  In addition, our team includes folks who were part of building leading innovative programs around the world; the Greenway model builds on these already proven  innovations.

Is the program residential?
Partially. Students live on campus for the collaborative, project-based years, forming a close-knit learning community. In the two years of work-integrated learning, students work off-campus with partner organizations while receiving faculty support remotely and during periodic campus residencies.

Will Greenway be accredited?
Yes, we will seek institutional accreditation from NECHE and ABET accreditation for our engineering program.  This process  takes four years — and the clock starts the moment our first class walks through the doors. Two of our founders went through this process previously at other institutions, so they bring the know-how to help us navigate this complicated process successfully.