{"id":166,"date":"2014-02-12T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=166"},"modified":"2014-02-12T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T11:48:11","slug":"the-end-of-higher-educations-golden-age-clay-shirky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"\u00bb The End of Higher Education\u2019s Golden Age Clay Shirky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excellent article on the history of some of the challenges now facing higher education.<\/p>\n

This section in particular strikes home:<\/p>\n

Those of us in the traditional academy could have a hand in shaping that future, but doing so will require us to relax our obsessive focus on elite students, institutions, and faculty. It will require us to stop regarding ourselves as irreplaceable occupiers of sacred roles, and start regarding ourselves as people who do several jobs society needs done, only one of which is creating new knowledge.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m fortunate to work at elite university that doesn’t face the same challenges at much of the market, but I fear even its days are numbered.<\/p>\n

\u00bb The End of Higher Education\u2019s Golden Age Clay Shirky<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Excellent article on the history of some of the challenges now facing higher education. This section in particular strikes home: Those of us in the traditional academy could have a hand in shaping that future, but doing so will require us to relax our obsessive focus on elite students, institutions, and faculty. 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