The New Human University Study: Structure-Stage Growth in a One Year Transformational Learning Program

Abstract

This article presents evidence for the efficiency of the PraxisAletheia program at the Chicago based New Human University in promoting structure stage growth in students. It first outlines a narrative underlying the assumption that fostering human stage like development is pivotal for the future of humanity. Following this introductory section Development as Transcendental Pluralism is presented, a novel stage theory and assessment methodology for growth in hierarchical complexity and consciousness that served as main instrument to test the hypothesis that the PraxisAletheia curriculum structured around the work of Dr. Michael Cotton – Source Code Meditation and the 9 Summits of Transformation – promotes growth into later stages of human development. After critically reviewing one of the most widely used tools to measure stage development, the Sentence Completion Test, it presents strong evidence for growth in students at the New Human University. The growth patterns are then compared to other transformational learning programs to underline both that the increase in structure-stage development is profound given that we deal with adult population however, still realistic.