minerva is a new online university aiming to compete with elite schools.ounding dean, steven coslin joined the start up after a lifetime in the i'vie league. >> i don't think students are being educated. i don't think they are acquiring what we think of as the great cognitive tools that allow them to succeed. >> he may have a point. a study of a sample book of undergraduates found that 45% demonstrated no significant improves, and critical thinking and complex reasoning after the first two years of college. a world class neuroscientist and former chair of psychologiology at -- psychology, it has been said they don't teach traditional subjects like maths and biology any, instead they take courses designed to teach content. >> lecturing is a great way to teach. you can teach 1,000 as effectively as 10 people. it's a terrible way to learn. >> the message is based on research and how people learn. >> we know that we are going to use the story. >> jonathan, the school's product officer. it is designed to compel students. during class, professors, see a chart of