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Higher Education Commentary I
Written by Ron Willett   
Saturday, 26 May 2007
   

U.S. Higher Education:  Intellectual Camelot
or Inflationary Bubble?

Management guru Peter Drucker at the beginning of this century gave our universities 30 more years before some denouement.  This writer doesn’t believe they have that long to find their management bootstraps at their present rate of tuition inflation, and deferral of both administrative and functional self-assessment.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 April 2010 )
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Higher Education Commentary II
Written by Ron Willett   
Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Higher Education II:  Reform and Black Swans

In the prior segment on higher education (Higher Education I) we suggested why our institutions of higher education – which have collectively now slipped to 12th place in the world, with another half dozen countries nipping at our heels – have been able to escape the general criticism by society that prevails for U.S. K-12 education.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 April 2010 )
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Innovisioning XI
Written by Ron Willett   
Thursday, 24 April 2008

Innovation and K-12 Education

Reactions to the title may range from “what’s the need,” through “an oxymoron,” to “urgent need.” Not a good omen, the first reaction is likely to come from many of its K-12 establishment and bureaucrats. Critically, the latter reaction has been coming for at least two decades from responsible corporate leaders who will ultimately employ K-12 products, to little avail.

Pragmatically, there are attempts to innovate in education – charter schools, legitimate STEM curricula, digital innovations, problem-based learning, interventions that work in low income schools, real teacher development – they don’t get past being splinter efforts. Why? That merits some answers if any thoughts on innovating in the genre are to be pertinent.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 April 2010 )
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