Lawyer, author and former Harvard president looks at what undergraduates should be learning to compete in today's economy and whether US universities are meeting those needs in this talk sponsored by the Council of Provosts and the Helen Edison Lecture Series at UC San Diego. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [5/2011] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 21337]
competition ! that is the problem and that is the challenge to the status quo of higher education in the United States. So testing has nothing to do with anything more than money, but of course this is bringing them to realization that they have to be accountable for what they are collecting money to provide.
fccjbiology 1 month ago
it seems as if state-run and private institution of higher education are worried that they failed to do their job,and they now want to bring in testing and accountability because for-profit universities or eroding their bottom line.
fccjbiology 1 month ago
Wee have too many colleges out there, and most people in college today don't belong there. Most people go to college to warm a seat for four years, and then they expect a high-paying job. Oh, really? I don't know too many high-paying seat-warming jobs out there. More and more, even the Ivy League colleges seem to be just giant day-care centers for high school graduates who have no real-world job skills. "...perhaps a 'broadly-based' education is a luxury we can no longer afford". Indeed.
openuniverse2003 8 months ago
Excellent video.
steveyduh 9 months ago
Thank you UCtelevision for providing videos like these for Students from other students to listen and watch!
sooju 9 months ago