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This startup trailblazer believes these 5 trends will shape the future of education

University Business

“An education system built for the Industrial Revolution is not going to get it done and has frankly outstayed its welcome.” Nearly all parents surveyed (96%) are interested in project-based learning, which blends science, history and the arts to tackle real-world issues.

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Does College Need to Be 4 Years?

Inside Higher Ed

Favor an even more stratified (or varied) postsecondary educational system where only a small segment of the population earns a genuine college degree. and continental European model, in which the liberal arts portion of a college education takes place in high school. Want an approach closer to the U.K.

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If You Were Designing Cal State Today: A Proposal Out of MIT

eLiterate

This proposal might be called radically conservative in the sense that it is intended to conserve the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it. It will take on the challenges of cost and career value without rejecting the value of liberal arts of human teachers.

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TGIF time-saver: VP hopeful Tim Walz and his promising track record on education

University Business

Josh Shapiro, who is working on a multifaceted initiative to rework the state’s higher education system and drive down costs. But Walz is no stranger to America’s education system, having worked hands-on in classrooms and passed progressive policy measures in K12 and higher ed. 2 Performing Arts 65.9

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Wonders of the Invisible World

Inside Higher Ed

Labaree, who have taken the lead in bringing theory to bear on the ongoing processes, trends, and developments that reshape higher education over time. Let’s begin with the history of American higher education. As Professor Labaree makes clear, this history is highly distinctive. You should too.

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Hamline reviews policies that set off academic freedom dispute

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Hamline University has been engrossed in an academic freedom debate this year over the actions of an adjunct instructor at the private Minnesota institution who was teaching global art history. Hamline is a liberal arts institution, the oldest in Minnesota, the first to admit women, and now led by a woman of color.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education. The Great Training Robbery: Education and Jobs." White Guys on Campus: Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of "Post-Racial" Higher Education. Higher Education Accreditation.

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