Wednesday, December 7, 2016

What is your Idea of the University?

We have been exploring important questions and issues in higher education, as well as possible solutions and and new ideas that might shape the future of higher educational institutions like Mohawk Valley Community College. Perhaps the most common theme in the "solutions" category is disruption, or disruptive innovation, which describes the process by which technology enables new entrants to provide goods and services that are more accessible and eventually replace (or disrupt) already established competitors.

This week's post proposes five models of innovation in higher education that might expand our idea of what an institution of higher education should be. Read the article here and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.