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The Future of Higher Education?: William J. Bennett on an Exciting Innovation

Many people are observing that higher education is in serious trouble, and as a student, you are one of the primary stakeholders. Online education solves some problems, creates others, and provides some interesting complications to the ongoing debate about how to shape our higher education policies and experiences. William Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education, has something to say about it. He wrote this opinion piece for CNN.com in July 2012.

Read it here: Bennett, "Is Sebastian Thrum’s Udacity the Future of Higher Education?” 

 

On Campus and Losing Sleep: Two College Presidents on the State of Higher Education

“Higher education as we know it is about to come to an end.” This is the opening sentence of a recent opinion piece that was published in many newspapers around the country. We all love a good tragedy, don’t we? But college presidents Barry Glassner and Morton Schapiro may surprise you. Their article originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times in July 2012.

Read it here: Glassner & Schapiro, "Give Colleges More Credit”