The Center for Talent Development (CTD) offers personalized programs to promote intellectual, emotional, and social growth for students across different developmental stages. Their approach includes mentorship, career exploration, and advanced coursework tailored to individual strengths and interests. CTD aims to foster emergent talent through enriched and accelerated programming while encouraging students to pursue their passions.

1. Mentorship &
Apprenticeship
Networking
with Peers and
Professionals
Advanced-level
Course Work
Career Exploration
Authentic Work
Within a Field
EXPERTISE
COMPETENCY
Learn more at www.ctd.northwestern.edu
TYPICAL
AGE
The Center for Talent Development (CTD) offers a personalized approach
to student development and academic growth. CTD guides students
and families along program pathways, which promote intellectual,
emotional, and social growth from emergent talent to expertise.
ADULTHOOD
Acquiring
Foundational
Knowledge
Cultivating
Joy in Learning
Exposure &
Exploration
of Subjects
Meeting
Like-minded
Peers
EMERGENT
TALENT
Acceleration
& Enrichment
Collaborate with
Like-minded Peers
Talent Area
Focus
High Achievement
Guided by assessment that brings student
strengths and interests into focus, the core of our
approach is enriched and accelerated programming
designed to develop talents over time.
Students come to CTD at various
developmental stages and are
encouraged to follow their passions,
while discovering new ones.
LATE
ADOLESCENCE
ADOLESCENCE
CHILDHOOD
Center for Talent Development Pathways
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