As an adjunct professor who also teaches online independently, I find project-based learning more effective for my classes in leadership, entrepreneurship, and

As an adjunct professor who also teaches online independently, I find project-based learning more effective for my classes in leadership, entrepreneurship, and sales. The students seem to agree, sometimes after a transition when they realize the class is about skills more than facts. The students are adults and give reviews like "Absolutely. I would recommend this course not just to peers, but anyone interested in leadership. Honestly, even if you don't care about being a leader, this is the kind of class which can help anyone grow as a person, not only bettering themselves in terms of leadership, but also in terms of self actualization. The social skills you learn in this class have never been taught to me in an academic environment." and "This course teaches leadership not just by reading theory, but actually putting the theory into practice. In most classes we are forced to regurgitate information back to the professor, in this class we are taught to be self-accountable, which is a skill everyone should have. What I learned in this class will stick with me for life. I can't say that about every SPS class. This course was refreshing." The faculty, on the other hand, have a hard time fitting these courses into their subject-based system, independent of the value to the students. It's like universities are asking to be disrupted.