Comments on: Universities face closure? http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/miscellaneous/universities-face-closure/ eLearning, mLearning, Web 2.0, Blogging and the stuff in between Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: David Hopkins http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/miscellaneous/universities-face-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-152 David Hopkins Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:51:36 +0000 http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/?p=2035#comment-152 Just read this new post from Seth Godin: "<a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/education-at-the-crossroads.html" target="new" rel="nofollow">Education at the crossroads</a>". In it Seth sees, not a crossroad, but three choices for Universities to make if they are to 'survive'. These are; - Should this be scarce or abundant? - Should this be free or expensive? - Should this be about school or about learning? Seth says that we need to "imagine a school that's built around free, abundant learning. And compare it to one that's focused on scarce, expensive schooling. Or dream up your own combination." What do you think? Just read this new post from Seth Godin: “Education at the crossroads“. In it Seth sees, not a crossroad, but three choices for Universities to make if they are to ‘survive’. These are;

- Should this be scarce or abundant?
- Should this be free or expensive?
- Should this be about school or about learning?

Seth says that we need to “imagine a school that’s built around free, abundant learning. And compare it to one that’s focused on scarce, expensive schooling. Or dream up your own combination.”

What do you think?

]]> By: Scott Skibell http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/miscellaneous/universities-face-closure/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Scott Skibell Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:03:07 +0000 http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/?p=2035#comment-151 I wonder if consolidation in the industry would lower prices? Most academic institutions seem inefficient. If we had fewer, perhaps with shared resources, could the cost be lowered? In the States, the cost of a degree is getting out of reach of the middle-class. If fewer people can afford to go, bloated universities have to jack up tuition even more. This isn't sustainable. How are the universities going to change? I wonder if consolidation in the industry would lower prices?

Most academic institutions seem inefficient. If we had fewer, perhaps with shared resources, could the cost be lowered? In the States, the cost of a degree is getting out of reach of the middle-class. If fewer people can afford to go, bloated universities have to jack up tuition even more. This isn’t sustainable.

How are the universities going to change?

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