I just had a quick look at the website. On some level it sounds tempting. On another level, paying forty-three thousand dollars a year to sit around reading Homer doesn't sound like that great a use of money and time.
The value isn't in knowing which books to read, but rather is in the Socratic classroom learning environment with 2 teachers per classroom and a 1-8 teacher-student ratio. Assuming the teachers are of good quality (and it sounds like they have the correct focus -- being "tutors" or discovery partners rather than lecturers, and don't have a well defined plan for each day), the amount of serious inquiry and a nearly ideal environment for feedback on your thoughts daily by knowledgeable and hopefully intelligent and wise individuals, would be massively awesome and beneficial for any person ENGAGED and caring to learn.
In the case of a person attending this university just because their parents made them -- I feel very sorry for both the parents and the students for the waste of money and lost hours of amazing opportunity.
It's not for everyone, I agree. But I'd like to go there because it looks like the education of a lifetime, over and above the education of a career or profession.
In the case of a person attending this university just because their parents made them -- I feel very sorry for both the parents and the students for the waste of money and lost hours of amazing opportunity.