As is so often the case, I have mixed feelings about this discussion. Maia Chankseliani summarizes: "The roadmap links equity with pluralism in a way that goes well beyond the access agenda... genuine inclusion requires going beyond the removal of barriers to entry, to engaging seriously with plural forms of knowing, ways of understanding the world developed across different communities, traditions, and geographies." Sure, we need to do more than just open the doors to traditional universities. And there are different ways of knowing. But we do people a disservice if we open access and they find it's not based in anything like genuine knowledge at all. Telling stories is not to my mind equivalent to a proper scientific enquiry. Opening access also means opening access to the type of learning people desire. And as Chankseliani says, "Precisely how institutions can maintain meaningful quality standards while simultaneously recognising plural epistemologies is a genuine unresolved tension."
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