Sixteen weeks. Growth comparable to eighteen years of adult life* — measured against a control group, scored blind. Embedded in your ordinary days: no institution, no credit, no prerequisite but a self.
*Comparable in magnitude to the 18-year midlife change documented by Lilgendahl et al. Substantial growth was measured across the majority of participants; development is individual, and no single outcome can be promised to every learner.
Later-stage ego development has been correlated, across decades of published research, with a long list of downstream capacities. Pick the three that matter most to you and see what the literature actually says about each.
Tap the three below that matter most to you. We'll show you what the research says about each one.
Every single one of the goals you just selected has been empirically correlated with advanced ego development — the exact capacity The Course promotes.
These aren't separate skills to learn. They are all skills which are correlated with the emergence of the same underlying developmental shift — from a mind authored by its environment to a mind that authors itself.
The research comes from over 40 years of published studies by Loevinger, Kegan, Cook-Greuter, and others — and The Course at Harvard University is the first to demonstrate that this shift can be catalyzed deliberately, at scale, in 16 weeks.
fully online, asynchronous — no cohort scheduling, no travel
practice embedded in ordinary days — no retreat required
then an ongoing subscription for the practices, the community, the next chapters
for anyone who truly cannot pay — the access covenant, budgeted from day one
Scripted, cinematic classes with interaction built in — designed to be felt before explained
The exercises that move what runs you into what you can see: immunity maps, the R.A.I.S.E.D. methodology and cognitive defusion exercises.
Recollect · Assess · Inquire · Serve, with Empathy and Dedication — aimed at your real Tuesday
If the course is unaffordable to you, write to us and we'll give you access to the course. No means test, no proof of hardship, no separate track. You will simply be in it, like everyone else.
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