November 20 2014

Intro by Joretta Nelson, Ph.D., Vice President / Owner at Credo

"I was struck this morning by my reading of an excerpt from David Price’s work Open: How We’ll Live, Work, and Learn in the Future.  Price reminds us that at the heart of our debate about education in general is agreement on the purpose, or as he calls it, the “destination.”  While the U.S. and the U.K. focus on moving closer to the models of the east, the east shows signs of looking toward the west for a different approach to the purpose of education.

This discussion reminds me of what we find on most of the campuses with whom we work: a lack of clarity on the answer to “why ACME University?”  We ask our partners on campus to devote time to their clarity of purpose, measures of effectiveness, and interest of their markets.  What do you think?" 

Read "What's Our Vision for the Future of Learning?" by David Price here

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