Yes, Virginia, We Can Deliver Transformational Education at Scale
Yes, Virginia, We Can Deliver Transformational Education at Scale
In The News Piece in Inside Higher Education
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June 10, 2021
Kevin Carey was quoted in an Inside Higher Education piece about how to make an undergraduate education more transformative and developmental.
In a recent interview, New America’s Kevin Carey made an observation that I think bears repeating: Within higher education today, there is only one true model of institutional success. That’s the R1, with its “beautiful buildings and sports teams and grassy lawns and football games on Saturdays and social prestige….”
Sure, one can think of exceptions, beginning with the best-funded, most selective liberal arts colleges and the technology powerhouses like MIT and Cal Tech. The list of exceptions certainly includes the most prestigious HBCUs like Howard, Morehouse, and Spellman.
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