Thursday, March 15, 2012

Higher Education Monopoly Ending?

Have you ever heard of the U.S. Leather Company?  How about American Cotton Oil?  Charles Dow created an index of the 12 leading industrial companies at the end of the 19th century and those two were on the list.  Almost none of the companies he identified exist today. 

Is higher education next in line for a disruptive innovation that will radically alter the way people learn and receive credentials?  There is a terrific article in the New Republic that I think succinctly summarizes the changes that are coming to higher education. Check it out.

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