The University of Michigan is anticipating losses of $400 million to $1 billion due to the pandemic and lockdowns. Students from the University of North Carolina have sued the institution for reimbursements on tuition and fees on the grounds of being deprived of the college experience they paid for. It’s no wonder these instances were highlighted by Astra Taylor in a recent The New Republic article that comes to the…
Keep ReadingInside Higher Ed’s Paul Fain recently noted that the shifting demographics and interests of college students indicates a strong preference for alternatives to the current education system model. Online education has only substantially increased over the past decade, and now, employers are interested in creating programs to retrain or otherwise prepare and improve their employees’ abilities. Note how Google recently announced what could be one of the greatest disruptors seen…
Keep ReadingIn a recent discussion with a senior executive at a professional organization, I was told that the firm no longer requires a degree as a hiring prerequisite. This senior executive’s firm and others like his are now focused exclusively on competencies and attitude. This approach is not new. The defense contractor community has used this model for years: identifying promising high school students and providing them with the tools to…
Keep ReadingWith the onslaught of COVID-19, colleges and universities are attempting to adapt to a seemingly new normal – with some disastrous results. Beyond the failings for many traditional universities to be immediately thrust into online learning environments to the current catastrophes associated with on-ground re-openings for the Fall semester, universities have struggled mightily to remain true to decades-old performance metrics. Now, as the rest of the world is realizing that…
Keep ReadingProf. Henry T. Edmondson III from Georgia College recently reviewed in Law & Liberty the Cato Institute’s “Unprofitable Schooling: Examining Causes of, and Fixes for, America's Broken Ivory Tower.” The book is a collection of essays that criticize the current state of higher education, specifically its rising costs and its inability to prepare graduates for meaningful employment. Universities were already struggling with finances and declining academic quality, among other things,…
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