When you say “the yeshivos”, you mean Lakewood? Lakewood is not exactly a yeshiva; it is more of a beis medrash. Many people in Lakewood are working on similar goals.
And when you say some yeshivos (chabad, sfardim, modern orthodox), who do you mean?
Modern Orthodox would be YU.
There are no large sfardi yeshivos in America.
I am not aware that chabad has a program similar to what you describe.
However, I do agree that working towards goals in learning is important. Where I learned, that was always encouraged.