Not exact matches
Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary
approach to
education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is an internationally
renowned research university and academic medical center and the state of Alabama's largest employer, with some 23,000 employees and an economic impact exceeding $ 5 billion annually in the state.
This grant was inspired by the
renowned Reggio Emilia program, which began in Italy 40 years ago and has become one of the most highly acclaimed
approaches to
education, world - wide.
As the college gained national
renown for its art program and its experimental
approaches to
education, numerous well - known visitors joined the community for days or weeks at a time, including John Dewey, Buckminster Fuller, Marcel Breuer, Thornton Wilder, Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, and others.