In 10 years you won't recognise the university

By David Gallagher. Disruption is coming to universities much faster than academics think.
Academics beware! A relentless and gathering force is laying siege to our comfortable ivory towers.
You say you are well aware of the threat posed to academic funding by the declining economic cycle. That may be, but I think the winds rattling our tower windows are being driven by a far stronger and more enduring force.
Soon we shall further open the door, and feel the icy blast of digital disruption. Not in our field, I hear you say. However, remember similar sentiments at Kodak, which also felt itself invulnerable to the advances in photographic technology brought about by digitisation and the internet. More...