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The Degree Is Doomed
"Education at the edge of history can’t rely on the authority of educators brought up in a world that no longer exists..."
Michael Garfield • RETURN | Substack
Like mass media and mass commerce, the average university is on the brink of collapse. Its structure is a rotting legacy of the Industrial Age. For years, anybody who wanted to learn on their own lacked the means to do so. Now, anybody with an internet connection has access to information. Harvard and Stanford will be okay, but dark days are ahead ... See more
David Perell • What the Hell Is Going On?
Of all the research I’ve done about higher ed tech, I’m most reluctant about the pure play online space. If people are going back to school to make a career change, they want to get a job at the end of the experience (shocker, I know). Right now these online courses don’t count for college credit, and don’t have employers waiting to hire students a... See more
Adam Keesling • Opportunities in Higher Education Technology
The future of education is not homeschooling, bootcamps, or cohort-based courses
It's proof-of-learning:
- Learning on the job through micro-tasks (applied learning)
- Resume auto builds as you prove learnings digitally
- Earn ownership in networks as you learn
Excess credentialism, one of the worst instantiations of the bureaucratic approach to hiring, is also a problem of talent search. Many jobs that decades ago required only a high school education now require a bachelor’s or even an advanced degree.