>> what does minerva do differently?estion is, how does a liberal arts education teach you how to think? and that's exactly what it's supposed to do. what happens is that the assumption is you study a subject matter. and by analyzing that subject matter, you're supposed to abstract those things and apply them to other things, but that process supposed to happen by accident. it's not purposeful. the goal is to teach you that subject matter. >> if you are an electrical engineer or if you've had four years of calculus and physical chemistry and physics, you're telling me a liberal arts person knows how to think better than someone who has had all the science and math? i'll take the science and math person any day in terms of learning how to think. sorry. >> no, gi agree with you, joe. >> you do. >> i took calculus. >> liberal arts calculus. that's like algebra. >> people do say it's in engineering schools. and that's because engineering schools teach you how to deal with problem solving all the time. >> right. >> but there'

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and picasso. [ record scratches ] but how about minerva... eliomar... or jenny?, so they're not as famous as these artists, but they do share something in common. like them, their work has been on display at the world-renowned guggenheim museum of art. >> i feel honored. >> i find it pretty amazing, and i'm kind of surprised that my artwork would be here in the same building as other famous artists -- artists like picasso and many others. >> it's all thanks to a program called "learning through art." >> guggenheim began the program in the early '70s, when the arts were being cut from the new york city public schools. many of the schools don't have art at all, and so this would be the only art program that these students have in their elementary-school years. >> i think they get the chance to be artists and work with a real, live artist who comes into their school and brings in lots of wonderful materials that real artists use. >> towards the end of the school year, a big party is held at the museum. some of the student artists, family, and friends are on hand to

minerva still needs original accreditation. the universities are able to do. >> reporter: as for uncollege the stes e success of its first class remains to be seen. >> do you know where you want to go? >> reporter: so far david and an fa are convinced. they are doing re-imageening as well. >> i think there are ways to build credentials than a certificate that you went to a four-year program. >> reporter: for "today" jenna bush-hager. >> a lot of people are rethinking college, if you got that 4-year-old, you think what it will cost in 14 years? how will we do this? >> for so many students, coming out with that debt the job market not what it used to be. >> it makes sense. >> coming up next, avon calling. how an american institution is now helping with imin far off places build a much brighter future. first, this is "today" on nbc. snoetsz ♪ >> we are back at 8:48 t. story about the power of beauty. a company known for its makeup using products to inform the lives living in poverty. chief editor dr. nancy sneiderman has the story

minerva has high -- university model as we know it. >> i think we're going to have a much richer arrayt of the universities are able to do. >> as for college, success of its first class remains to be seen but so far, they're convinced and doing reimagining themselves. >> a way to build besides four-year program. >> as good a point as that is and as interesting as it is, my oldest is 7 years old. jenna bush reporting. frnchts pajama boy to the poor woman who became the face of the botched health care program. people who got a look at their 15 minutes of fame. another group of americans that saw themselves thrust in the spotlight seemingly out of nowhere, to picking president obama to a few involved in the anthony weiner scandal to the young woman who unwittingly became the face of healthcare.gov. 2013 host of unique and unexpected americans and they got their 15 minutes of fame. politico breaks down a list of its top ten political celebrities over the year from this standpoint. thanks for coming on the program. listen, i don't have a lot of time. i want to pick through a few of these an