Can disruption save higher education? — from eCampus News by Meris Stansbury
Excerpts (emphasis DSC):
Christensen: “The question now is: ‘Is there something that can’t be displaced within a traditional university’s value offering?'”
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However, Christensen outlined three ways traditional colleges and universities, like his own Harvard Business school, could survive into the future:
Focus on professors
[when recruiting faculty]…focus less on their publishing capabilities and expert knowledge of material, and more on their ability to connect to others.
Understand why technology, like online learning, is disruptive.
Don’t try to change from the inside — you will fail. [Use offsets.]