Friday, February 2, 2018

How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux, - Cathy N. Davidson - Times Higher Education

Davidson devotes two chapters to steering a careful path between the Scylla and Charybdis of techno-phobia and techno-philia, offers good advice on harnessing open access resources (including massive open online courses and Wikipedia) and shares insights into how to broaden the teaching of subjects in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, all with the objective of improving the life chances of millennials. She approvingly quotes Arizona State president Michael Crow in defining a public purpose for the New American University measured “not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed”. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/review-the-new-education-cathy-n-davidson-basic-books