{"id":30709,"date":"2012-07-13T17:10:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T21:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=30709"},"modified":"2012-07-16T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T16:28:45","slug":"now-for-the-opposite-of-true-leadership-americas-higher-education-model-isnt-broken-from-the-president-of-a-university-charging-60000yr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/07\/13\/now-for-the-opposite-of-true-leadership-americas-higher-education-model-isnt-broken-from-the-president-of-a-university-charging-60000yr\/","title":{"rendered":"Now for the OPPOSITE of true leadership — “America’s higher-education model isn’t broken” — from the president of a university charging ~$60,000\/yr"},"content":{"rendered":"

From DSC re: the item below — an example of <\/span><\/em>the opposite<\/strong> of true leadership
\n(<\/em>To see an example of TRUE leadership, s<\/em>ee my immediately previous posting re: Christensen and\u00a0Eyring<\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n


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Give colleges more credit <\/strong><\/a>— Op-Ed at the LA Times by Barry Glassner and Morton Schapiro
\nDoomsayers are wrong. America’s higher-education model isn’t broken.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Barry Glassner is president, and a professor of sociology,
\nof Lewis & Clark College in Oregon.
\nMorton Schapiro is president, and a professor of economics,
\nof Northwestern University in Illinois. <\/em><\/p>\n

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From DSC:<\/em>
\nI was going to title this posting “‘America’s higher-education model isn’t broken.’ Easy for you to say Morton and Barry.”<\/span><\/p>\n

An excerpt from their article <\/a>(emphasis DSC<\/span>):<\/em><\/p>\n

While for-profit colleges enroll an increasing percentage of all undergraduates, the demand for education at selective<\/span> <\/strong>private and public universities and colleges continues to grow, as evidenced by dramatic declines in the percentage of applicants they admit.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nice. Let’s see how many people we can decline — that’s a great<\/em>\u00a0 way to serve our society! Then let’s pride ourselves on this shrinking<\/em>\u00a0 percentage of people who actually get into our university.\u00a0 Woo hoo!\u00a0 That will help with our ever-important ratings\/prestige\/branding even more!<\/span> (Please note: The dripping sound that you are now hearing is the sound of drops of\u00a0 <\/em>sarcasm\u00a0 hitting the floor.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong> A few brief questions for you Barry and Morton…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n