“未来世代”在1992年首次开始应对人类最严峻的挑战:理解如何创造可持续和可扩展的社区驱动的变革. Recognizing traditional approaches to community development were not working, UNICEF launched a task force and enlisted Future Generations to study this question around-the-world. “未来世代”的成立是为了促进以社区为基础的可持续发展的新综合方法.
After a decade of successful demonstrations of the methodology advancing health, peacebuilding, conservation, education, 和整个印度的生计, Afghanistan, China, 秘鲁和其他国家, Future Generations formed a new global learning community to extend this method at scale. 2006年成立了一个独立的研究生院, 今天它推动了研究, learning, and action in 42 countries as 未来大学 (Formerly Future Generations Graduate School). 最初的民间社会组织,未来世代公司., 继续作为国家项目和大学在未来世代全球网络中不断增长的校友之间的连接器和资源中心.
As this learning organization evolved into a University with new research initiatives and a wider reach, 它在全球教育方面的创新方法也是如此. What sets all Future Generations programs apart is how they transform the community into the classroom. Life-useful learning is delivered over long distances through a combination of online coursework, peer learning, 以及以社区为基础的项目. 这所大学提供一系列的学习机会, 包括在线资源, 定制培训, 证书项目, 以及应用社区发展艺术硕士学位. 该学位课程由高等教育委员会认证, 美国历史最悠久、规模最大的高等教育认证机构.