Our Story
Cogita Education Initiatives, LLC is the result of a collaboration among educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Teachers College of Columbia University. We encourage students to be their most unique self; we are committed to enlightening and educating global leaders and cultivating change-makers among our new generation.
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Founding and Growth
Cogita Education Initiatives, LLC was established in Boston. Our unique educational model and operations have been recorded in the business cases of the Harvard Business School. The projects that students initiate has reached 16 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., France, South Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, Russia, and Colombia.
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Philosophy
- We believe the Most Unexceptional education is to empower students.
- We promote the educational philosophy of positive youth development and global citizenship.
- We guide students to be change-makers, showing their care about the world around them.
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Founding and Growth
Cogita Education Initiatives, LLC was established in Boston. Our unique educational model and operations have been recorded in the business cases of the Harvard Business School. The projects that students initiate has reached 16 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., France, South Korea, China, Japan, Thailand, Russia, and Colombia.
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Philosophy
- We believe the Most Unexceptional education is to empower students.
- We promote the educational philosophy of positive youth development and global citizenship.
- We guide students to be change-makers, showing their care about the world around them.
Professional Educators
We have a top faculty team. Our teachers, from consultants to academic advisors, all graduate from top graduate schools from colleges in the U.S. and the U.K. They have more than ten years of experience of guiding students. Our advisors have experience in the most highly selective schools and colleges around the world, are members of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the Independent Education Consultants Association (IECA) Global Committee
Personalized and Comprehensive Growth Plan
We care about both the process and outcome. We provide one-on-one educational planning and counseling for students and families. We evaluate each student and provide growth plan in a comprehensive way.
Our Team
创始顾问团队
MARINA LEE
Founder and Education Consultant of Cogita
Vice President of Independent Education Consultants Association (IECA) Global Committee
Committee of Harvard Association of Asian Alumni
Master of Education, Harvard University
Lecturer of Cross-Cultural Communication and Leadership at HGSE
Judge of China Thinks Big
Advisors
SIYU (NANCY)
Tutor of Cogita
M.A. in International Educational Development at Teachers College, Columbia University
Member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
Research Assistant at the Center on Chinese Education (CoCE), Teachers College Columbia University
Wiiliam Minter
Founder and Education Consultant of Cogita
B.A. in Chinese Language & Culture at Oxford University, M.A. in East Asian Studies at Yale University
Advisors
Josephine M. Kim
Research and Academic Tutor of Cogita
Professor of Psychology at HSGE; Columnist and Education Consultant of USA Today.
KARL
Subject Academic Tutor of Cogita
Graduated from Harvard University, majored in Gender Studies, minored in Music and Chinese.
Breanna Johnson
Subject Academic Tutor of Cogita
Graduated from Harvard University in Human Development and Biology of Reproduction; Now works at the Dr. Campbell Immunology Lab at University of California, San Francisco.
Mark Efinger
Interview and Public Speaking Tutor of Cogita
Taught public speaking and theatre at Phillips Academy Andover, the Taft School, and University of North Carolina
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