“It’s 2010 and everything is different. Different jobs. Different challenges. Different opportunities. So why would universities stay the same? What if an education could adapt for the time we live in? And I am not just talking about 2010, but beyond it.”
“Adjusting curriculum to serve ever changing job markets. Hiring faculty who are still working in the fields they teach and using new technologies to enhance learning. If an education could adapt to the way the world works today, could that same education help the world to adapt and work better tomorrow?”
Online education institutions are growing in popularity each year. With a reported 3 million enrolled undergrads, there is an astonishing interest in completing an undergrad degree from a personal computer.
Figure 1 – Origin of Distance Learners based on level of study
Allen, I.E.; Seaman, J.: Sizing the Opportunity: The Quality and Extent of Online Education in the United States 2002 and 2003. Sloan-C 2003.
The following University of Phoenix commercial caught my attention as forward thinking and provocative. Is the curriculum currently being taught at private and public schools relevant to current society? The times are changing, but a lot of the life lessons and soft-skills taught throughout the US education system have not changed in years. For example, are career service departments suggesting the use of Twitter to a job seeker? Or do they direct students to the classic, “How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less” by Milo O. Frank?
“University of Phoenix: because an educated world is a better world. “
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