This animation is for a documentary called, “Waiting For ‘Superman’” that highlights some very serious issues in our educational system in America.
TakePart: Participant Media – Waiting For ‘Superman’ – Infographic from Jr.canest on Vimeo.
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The Coming Meltdown in Higher Education – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout
Seth Godin argues that Higher Education’s run of 400 years in the US is about to end for the following reasons:
- Most undergraduate college and university programs are organized to give an average education to average students.
- College has gotten expensive far faster than wages have gone up.
- The definition of “best” is under siege.
- The correlation between a typical college degree and success is suspect.
- Accreditation isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.
While it is easy to agree with Godin and in particular the notion of accreditation promoting mediocrity for all but with universities controlling the parchment (degree granting) I don’t see this changing anytime soon. Sure, we have many wonderful examples of college dropouts doing exceptionally well (Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Marc Andreesen etc.) but these unfortunately the exception and not the norm. While I applaud the notion of DIY U and see its benefits we still live in a society that is dependent upon credentials.
Looks like so folks New Brunswick’s Ministry of Education understand the opportunities that there are in a connected world:
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The death of computing (Member view) | Society | Browse by subject area | Opinion, News, Analysis | BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT via kwout
Neil McBride says computer science was populated by mathematicians and physicists but now virtual robots can be created by eight-year olds without needing programming, logic or discrete mathematics skills. Does that mean we have a dying discipline? There is not denying that there is a crisis in University computer science departments. Read the full article to find out why.
David Nagel of Campus Technology refers to a market research report from Ambient Research that points to the their Chief Research Officers claim:
by 2014, at which time, Adkins forecast, only 5.14 million students will take all of their courses in a physical classroom, while 3.55 million will take all of their classes online, and 18.65 million will take some of their classes online.
While I am not surprised by these claims I and led to ask: What are we doing to prepare for this?
