Mass collaboration between employers and universities is the future of higher education | Part 1 —…
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Mass collaboration between employers and universities is the future of higher education | Part 1 —…
Students interested in all kinds of subject areas and careers—engineering, communications, teaching, political service, entrepreneurship, medicine, the arts—would come together and spend two to three years developing knowledge and skills around specific urgent global challenges. Instead of siloed majors, college learning would be more interdiscipli
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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
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indictments—that fewer U.S. adults are completing post-high school degrees; that the costs of attending college are rising faster than inflation; that employers report hiring college graduates unprepared for the workplace.3
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We need more connections and discussions between industries and universities, where on-the-job-learning is part of the curriculum’ – Noam Mordechay
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Universities will continue to be a strong ecosystem for learning - it'll still be a great source for employers to find great learners - but universities will adopt lower cost solutions to provide education at lower costs