Innovative undergraduate programs, dedicated college faculty, a plethora of scholarship opportunities, and
ideal student engagement are testament the University of Illinois — Urbana - Champaign commitment to nurturing the minds of future environmental leaders.
American education remains deeply reluctant to do this, since it requires overthrowing any number of traditions and practices — from child - centered pedagogies, assumptions about
student engagement, and other progressive education
ideals, to local control of curriculum, the privileging of skills over content, and the movement toward mass customization of education.