“Don’t go for second best, baby.”
Yeah, I’m really going to blog about Madonna and I’m going to make it relevant too. First, however, let’s start firmly within the usual subject matter for this space. Peter Cohan writes about edX in...
View ArticleOut of grad school, money spent. See no future, pay no rent.
I blame Phil Hill for getting me to read this rant by Mark Cuban: Its far too easy to borrow money for college. Did you know that there is more outstanding debt for student loans than there is for...
View ArticleMean Mr. Market.
Why does everyone seem to think I’m anti-capitalist these days? Robert Bromber made that assumption last week. So did Jeremy on Friday. Believe it or not, I am not a socialist (not that there’s...
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In which higher education eats everything (including itself).
I have another stop on the “Down With MOOCs” World Tour on Wednesday. Thanks to my friend Dean Saitta, I got invited to address the University of Denver’s Strategic Issues Panel on the Future of...
View Article“Video killed the radio star.”
As you might imagine, I’ve been reading a lot of insufferable technological determinism aimed in my direction ever since that Slate article came out. Of course, there’s been, “How dare you resist...
View Article“Piggy in the Middle.”
“[Frederick] Taylor and [his protégé Carl] Barth interpreted their responsibility as that of introducing certain technological and administrative changes at Watertown Arsenal. In fact they were doing...
View ArticleLet it be.
I was reading yet another great Christopher Newfield post at Remaking the University last week when I came upon this startling survey result: A solid majority of college presidents agree with 2/3rds...
View ArticleThe MOOC don’t work ’cause the vandals took the handles.
“If you look at sub-Saharan Africa, the place where education is hardest to achieve – in the Western world, 70 percent of the students of college age are enrolled in either a two-year or a four-year...
View ArticleHigher education is not available à la carte.
Perhaps you saw this piece of clickbait from NPR’s Planet Money team last week? It’s called, “Duke: $60,000 A Year For College Is Actually A Discount” and it follows a familiar format: some people say...
View Article“You never give me your money.”
When is a business not a business? When it’s in the edtech business! How do I know? This quote from the new Coursera CEO, former Yale President Richard Levin talking to the Chronicle is typical of a...
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