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Hello readers,
We start today with a review of this year's Horizon Report Higher Education Edition, an analysis of educational budgets for vulnerable groups around the world, and the importance of an entrepreneurial mindset in the classroom.
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This year, the EDUCAUSE Horizon Report 2019 Higher Education Edition premieres a section called “Fail or Scale” which provides an analysis of the technologies and trends that were actually adopted or impacted teaching and learning.
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In theory, every person has the right to education. In practice, thousands of members of vulnerable populations cannot access this right. What happens when governments allocate funds to seek educational equity?
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Although tech leaders insist on the development of digital skills, one report points out that most employers see a deficit in entrepreneurship competencies among college graduates.
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Noticing how the environmental crisis is endangering everyone’s future, particularly their own, the younger generations are taking a stand. Climate change is making children demand actions; still, schools are not including this subject in their curriculum.
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The open access movement represents the democratization of content, by advocating a philosophy in which everyone has the right to knowledge.
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Favor the number of scientific publications and not the quality of them; the "legacy" of mentor-to-student research projects, as well as the lack of private sector investment in science, are only some factors that stop the scientific development of the country. Learn about the reflection that a professor shares with us regarding the obstacles that limit the advance of nanotechnology in Mexico.
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A longtime debate about how to teach reading skills left teachers unequipped to integrate science into their methods. What is missing from teachers’ knowledge and training to help them teach reading in a better way?
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Experimental colleges: an idea whose time has passed?
The 1960s and 1970s produced at least a few dozen experimental institutions. What happened to them? (Times Higher Education)
What if we hired for skills, not degrees?
The last decade has seen widespread ‘degree inflation.’ A new movement rebukes a culture that exalts a bachelor’s degree as the gold standard. (The Hechinger Report)
South Korea Dispatch: Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers
A South Korean local school was running out of school-age children, so they thought: How about enrolling older villagers who wanted to learn to read and write? (The New York Times)
Personalized Learning: The Promise and the Reality
Despite the many red flags, the pressure persists for the adoption of personalized learning programs. (National Education Policy Center)
Future Of Education And Future Of Work -- Do They Match?
If classrooms and jobs are going virtual, is the right content being taught to support the remote revolution? (Forbes)
Adult Students Have Moved Into the Mainstream. How Can Colleges Adjust?
"That mom going back to school is no longer the rogue outsider, but increasingly the mainstream." (EdSurge)
The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program
This is the story of how a bland idea was powerful enough to alter consumer psychology forever. (Vox)
The Case for Doing Nothing
Our culture does not promote sitting still, and that can have wide-reaching consequences for our mental health, well-being, and productivity. (The New York Times)
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“What we’re interested in is every way that people can learn, regardless of their age,”
An emerging trend in the US: Baby boomers and retirees are being invited to live on or near US campuses and take advantage of university classes and facilities and opportunities to mentor young students or guest lecture. Arizona State University, for example, plans a 20-story residential building on its campus for people in their sixties and older.
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