The Future of Big Ed - WorldWise. Will the higher education of the future resemble the changes transforming the medical industry? I read recently a remarkable article in The New Yorker by Atul Gawande called “Big Med.” It tried to outline where medicine might be going next. Given spiraling costs, increasing demand, and lax quality controls, Gawande makes it clear that medicine will—and probably has to—go through a series of changes that will move it from being a craft industry to something that much more closely resembles a conventional industry.
He outlines clearly the costs and benefits: “We’ve let health-care systems provide us with the equivalent of greasy-spoon fare at four-star prices, and the results have been ruinous. Perhaps we are starting to see something like this process of change taking place in American and British higher education, too. On one analysis, all we are seeing is the instigation of a market. So what might an industrial model of higher education look like? Return to Top. Education-authentique.org - Accueil. Greek Debt Crisis. History/Myths/Religion. Lesson. Fondation Paul-Henri Spaak - Formulaire.
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