A very new model of learning.

USA Today reports.

MIT dean to create university with no majors or lectures

Christine Ortiz is setting out to break the mold with a radical approach to higher education.

The dean of Graduate Education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently announced that she’s taking a (minimum) one-year leave of absence to start a nonprofit, residential research university for undergraduates on up.

And, get this — there will be no majors, lectures or classrooms.

The school, still in the early stages of planning, will structure itself totally “outside of the degree system,” says Ortiz. Instead it will create a space where people can see a project from inception to completion.

We spoke with Ortiz about her new model of learning.