Higher Education in America
The challenges facing University Inc may ultimately usher in a new era of education. One where the role that elite universities have historically played as gatekeepers on knowledge, prestige and access begins to fall away and the very best education becomes available to any-and-all (with or without a fee). The world may ultimately end up having few... See more
Mikal Khoso • Trajectory #17: The End of University Inc
At the same time, he argued, the desire to attract and satisfy students as though they are mere customers leads to academic coddling, in the form of easy grades and expensive facilities and entertainments, such as intercollegiate athletic teams.
Clayton M. Christensen • The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out
Upward mobility can be achieved in two ways: opening elite universities, as happened with the GI Bill, or challenging the claim of being elite, and thereby, in revaluing them rationally, creating a more realistic map of excellence and making a degree from a university like Stanford or Harvard not materially different from a degree from Texas State
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