Higher education is getting flattened

Today’s mass education system, which was built for the mass production economy of the 20th century, is inadequate for the demands of the new millennium. A complete paradigm shift will be required, and as higher education moves from a vertically integrated model to a horizontal model, there will be considerable disruption.
Here’s what I see as the future of higher education and some important trends going forward.
1. Disaggregation, or unbundling. This unbundling started outside the classroom, where universities have taken housing or dining and let someone else manage it. What we’re starting to see now is the same unbundling happening in the classroom, shifting instruction from a vertically integrated market where the college provides everything to a horizontal model. More...