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Pjhiggins bookmarked on 2009-04-29 nytimes college universities future change

As always, I tend to look at the recommended changes for higher ed as a means to shift what we think about K-12. Not always the best way to think, but this article brings up some salient points about collaboration and change within departments.

  • Unfortunately this mass-production university model has led to separation where there ought to be collaboration and to ever-increasing specialization.
    • pjhiggins
      Pjhiggins on 2009-04-30
      I think the same can be said for high schools and K-12. We see ourselves often as solely a content specialist in one area, whereas I wonder what would happen if we looked at ourselves through the lens the author uses later in the article when he talks about how he would restructure universities.
  • agile, adaptive and imaginative
    • pjhiggins
      Pjhiggins on 2009-04-30
      This word choice is fantastic. I love to see schools where these three words apply to the learning community--from the students to the faculty to the community.

This link has been bookmarked by 6 people . It was first bookmarked on 27 Apr 2009, by someone privately.

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    pjhiggins
    Patrick Higgins

    As always, I tend to look at the recommended changes for higher ed as a means to shift what we think about K-12. Not always the best way to think, but this article brings up some salient points about collaboration and change within departments.

    nytimes college universities future change

    • Unfortunately this mass-production university model has led to separation where there ought to be collaboration and to ever-increasing specialization.
      • Patrick Higgins

        Patrick Higgins on 2009-04-30

        I think the same can be said for high schools and K-12. We see ourselves often as solely a content specialist in one area, whereas I wonder what would happen if we looked at ourselves through the lens the author uses later in the article when he talks about how he would restructure universities.

    • agile, adaptive and imaginative
      • Patrick Higgins

        Patrick Higgins on 2009-04-30

        This word choice is fantastic. I love to see schools where these three words apply to the learning community--from the students to the faculty to the community.

  • 27 Apr 09
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    Jerrell Whitehead

    Reform of higher-learning in America. A welcome start to the discussion