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Change is coming to higher education like a freight train, but transforming higher education is chal

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Total: 106

Technology has opened many doors to new kinds of educational media. Podcasts and live internet radio

We live in a time of great bounty in the social sciences and neurosciences in which once mysteries o

The idea that we get more of a behavior when it is externally rewarded or reinforced is built into m

Social labs bring together stakeholders with different, even opposing, points of view in a practical

Increased specialization and expertise have been hallmarks of both higher education and commerce for

Higher education continues to face many challenges. Protests have increased on campus. Costs continu

We live in a time of increasing job uncertainty and instability, and navigating a path through such

In the recent past, expert professors lectured about well established knowledge to obedient students

From the English or anthropology seminar room to the engineering laboratory, there is a sense that t

Higher education can be a fairly individualistic enterprise, requiring only rudimentary forms of com

Recent events in France remind us of the large number of apparently intractable problems we face in

The movement to transform education in line with the imperatives of the 21st century is a global phe

Bringing change to higher education is often framed as a problem of creating new content, curriculum

The democratization of information, quality practices, and entrepreneurship has brought disruptive u

Many writers say we live in singular times calling for unusually great creativity, invention, and in

On August 9th of this year, complexity science pioneer John H. Holland of the University of Michigan

The same economic, technological, and organization forces that are working to disrupt higher educati

Transforming higher education from a culture of expertise and obedience to one that balances experti

The use of leadership coaches has exploded in corporations and other organizations. Eric Schmidt an

Since the early days of the university in the 11th century, professors have lectured increasingly la