Universities - The New Context
Robert Paterson,
Dec 18, 2003
George Siemens cites this item in his newsletter today. Simply: "Universities in Canada today are booming as a result of the double cohort. But after the boom will come the bust." What follows is an informed series of observations, characterized as 'revolutions' leading to an undeniable reality: " he average student can no longer afford a 4 year term at university away from home. Something in the cost mix will have to break. The current system cannot deliver the price and the quality that the student can afford and that the staff can tolerate." The four points that conclude the article do not constitute a solution, but a framework for a solution: shift the burden beyond the President's office; shift the organizational metaphor from machine to network; raise the strategic debate at the University level from interest to that of principle; and access the distributed intelligence of the university is required. Yes - but what university admionistration can let go like this?
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