…on the road from youth to career? Another story about “alternatives” to college. Those of us who toil in the fields of conventional academe don’t
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Higher Ed: The Times, They Are A-Changin’
Increasing segmentation of potential student market, lots of new entrants (education providers), new demand for “just in time” learning, aggregators as brokers between providers and
Optimal Deployment of Higher Ed’s Most Valuable Resource
I met Steve Mintz when he was a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford in 2006. He’s a
A Modest Suggestion for GE Reform
From Majoring in the 21st Century blog… When, as is usually the case, nobody has actually put forward a coherent critique that exposes what’s wrong
(Not 95) Theses on General Education Reform, etc.
General Education reform has a long history in higher education of being a no-win zone. Correct that: in any given GenEd campaign there is often
Of Restaurant Chains and Higher Education
One need not be a sophisticated economist to see that distribution of American family income makes the high tuition/high discount business model of non-elite, non-public
