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The Future of Education
Rachael Sacks
Analyzing Trends Fall 2013
The Future of… Higher Education
Hypothesis: The classroom and traditional academy format of Universities will change to having a decent percentage of an online element to a degree. The classroom as we know it with the professor lecturing at the front will cease to exist as it is now as Universities attempt to streamline faculty and budget . They will have to put in money to reformatting classrooms and updating facilities but it will pay off with enrollment. Students looking to get life experience and use college as more of a vocational school will take more online and dynamic session courses to achieve their degrees more efficiently.
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Globalization
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SUBCULTURE: “EDUCATION HACKERS”
Rebellion against college experience because it is expected by parents as well as just too expensive post-recession.
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RESPONSE: THIEL FELLOWSHIPS
The Thiel Fellowship (originally
named 20 under 20) is a
fellowship created by The Peter
Thiel Foundation. The fellowship
is intended for students under
the age
of 20 and offers them a total of
$100,000 over two years as well
as guidance and other resources
to drop out of school and pursue
other work, which could involve
scientific research, creating a
startup, or working on a social
movement. Selection for the
fellowship is through a
competitive annual process, with
about 20-25 fellows selected
annually.
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The Intel Global Challenge a Collaboration with University of California Berkeley, promotes entrepreneurship predominantly in developing countries. The competition, held annually at the Haas School of Business, hosts teams from around the world and showcases business opportunities that have the greatest potential for a positive impact on society through the deployment of new and innovative technologies.
Increased Incentives for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Force of Change:
The Economic Recession
The recession changed who attends College and when and how.
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Response to Recession: Working Adults Need More Degrees
Rise in for-profit Universities and creation of MOOCs
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Introduction of COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION
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: Universities as Corporations
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CONSUMER STUDENTS
“We deal with students who expect a climbing wall to be available in the gym. They certainly have huge expectations for the information technology we will provide to them. We are facing some real questions about whether we can afford to meet all of these consumer demands”. –Joel M.Smith Provost and CIO at Carnegie Mellon University
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Prediction: Increasingly Luxurious Dorms and Facilities
A 2006 study published by the Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers found that “poorly maintained or inadequate residential facilities” was the number-one reason students rejected enrolling at institutions.
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Client:
New School University
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Founded in 1919 as “The University in Exile” the New School has always sought to be progressive and innovative in Higher Education.
It’s ahead of its time with its “student directed curriculum” which seems to be more and more where higher education is headed.
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The Progressive seminar format of classes at Eugene Lang College could benefit from the dynamically designed seating I brought up earlier. This is another example of an alternative classroom.
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Change of Calendar to quarters or increase sessions
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As a response to the demands for newer and better facilities the New School has built the University Center which will be completed in January 2014.
“Challenges the Status Quo” –New School Official Website
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Establishing Series of MOOC’s and expanding online learning
The New School has yet to establish itself as a well known producer of online content and it should. There are online course offerings but they are very limited.
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The University Center is meant to stir up activity and greeting and conversation keeping human interaction a part of University Life just as it seems students may never have to interact with another human again.
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