Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Educationby Anya KamenetzThe price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students don’t graduate; those who do have unprecedented levels of federal and private student loan debt, which constitutes a credit bubble similar to the mortgage crisis. |
Anya Kamenetz on Alternative Education
With the costs of higher education spiraling out of control, the rise of for-profit colleges, and more students enrolled in online classes than ever before, it's clear that a sea change is coming. People have more options for alternative education even as they are priced out of traditional institutions of higher learning. Anya Kamenetz describes the shifting landscape of higher education in this clip.
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