When Ivory Towers Fall: The Emerging Education Marketplace — from The World Future Society by Thomas Frey
Excerpt:
Throughout history, education has been formed around the concept of “place.” Build fancy buildings, attract world-renowned scholars, and you have a college or university. This model works well in a culture based on teaching. Over the coming years, with our hyper-connected world, we will be shifting to a learning model. While “place” will still matter, it will matter differently. Teaching requires experts; learning only requires coaches. The two primary variables of time and money will drive the new education marketplace, and the four primary trend lines will involve…
Addendum 3/9/12:
- Could many universities follow Borders Bookstores into oblivion? — from The Chronicle by Marc Parry