The Rise of the 'Edupunk'

Jack Stripling

The "Edupunks" will inherit the Earth ... or at least some attention.

Those in higher education who continue hand-wringing over the relative merits of online learning and other technology-driven platforms will soon find themselves left in the dust of an up-and-coming generation of students who are seeking knowledge outside academe. Such was an emerging consensus view here Monday, as college leaders gathered for the TIAA-CREF Institute's 2010 Higher Education Leadership Conference.

"We're still trying to fit the Web into our educational paradigm.... I just don't think that's going to work," said Mary Spilde, president of Lane Community College, in Eugene, Ore.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 7, 2010 1:02 AM
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