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The End of the University as We Know It

A provocative article making the rounds about the so-called ‘Higher Education Bubble’ or ‘Academic Bubble’:

The End of the University as We Know It

The American Interest

http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=1352

First paragraph: “In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist. The technology driving this change is already at work, and nothing can stop it. The future looks like this: Access to college-level education will be free for everyone; the residential college campus will become largely obsolete; tens of thousands of professors will lose their jobs; the bachelor’s degree will become increasingly irrelevant; and ten years from now Harvard will enroll ten million students.”

Last Paragraph: “Big changes are coming, and old attitudes and business models are set to collapse as new ones rise. Few who will be affected by the changes ahead are aware of what’s coming. Severe financial contraction in the higher-ed industry is on the way, and for many this will spell hard times both financially and personally. But if our goal is educating as many students as possible, as well as possible, as affordably as possible, then the end of the university as we know it is nothing to fear. Indeed, it’s something to celebrate.”

What is the endgame or direction that MOOCs. e-learnings, consortia, accreditation, and financing/taxes are heading?

Stephen

 

 

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Posted on: March 30, 2013, 6:47 am Category: Uncategorized

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