The digital degree
The staid higher-education business is about to experience a welcome earthquake
FROM Oxford’s quads to Harvard Yard and many a steel and glass palace of higher education in between, exams are giving way to holidays. As students consider life after graduation, universities are facing questions about their own future. The higher-education model of lecturing, cramming and examination has barely changed for centuries. Now, three disruptive waves are threatening to upend established ways of teaching and learning.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “The digital degree”
Briefing
June 28th 2014
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