What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times of India Group. All views are personal.
A Rebuttal to Prof Steven Pinker
Prof Steven Pinker writes a fascinating rebuttal of William Deresiewicz’s searing Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League, apparently the most read article in the history of The New Republic. This …
What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times of India Group. All views are personal.
Unbundling, weak signals and the rise of Ashoka University
Unbundling in Higher Education, i.e., the impending breakup of key services provided by the university, is a theme that has been covered extensively. The two single best posts on this subject …
What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times of India Group. All views are personal.
What do I think about MOOCs? What do I think of their impact? How do I think they will evolve?
Enough has been said and written about MOOCs. So for this post to be useful reading, …
A Report on the Future of MIT Education
Last week, a specially-constituted task force released its final report on the future of MIT Education. Only the 4th such report in its 153-year history, the report comes at a crucial juncture, when “higher education is at an inflection point”.
The taskforce does not suggest any radical overhaul. The tone of the report is to suggest and encourage ‘bold’ experimentation within …
What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times of India Group. All views are personal.
The Real Disruptor
Have just finished reading Hire Education, a new publication from the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. Co-authored by Michelle Weise and Clayton Christensen, it takes a look at the popularity of online competency-based higher-ed …
What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times of India Group. All views are personal.
The Power of Positioning
What can Indian colleges and universities learn from Babson College, the #1 ranked college in Money magazine’s US College rankings list? For one, the power of positioning. Babson staked it on Entrepreneurship, remained focused, and it …
Last week, Money, a US-based personal finance magazine, published its take on college rankings, traditionally the stronghold of US News & World Report. Money’s rankings were notable in that they listed Babson College and Webb Institute, 2 relatively lesser-known institutes ahead of the Ivies, setting off predictably fierce debates about the merits and demerits of the rankings.
Enough has been written about Money’s methodology, and its rights …
What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times Group. All views are personal.
College of Asia?
A plea for a ASEAN University, modeled on the European University Institute, Florence. Such universities are called International or Supranational Universities
A similar university, called South Asian University was set up recently in New Delhi by South …
What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times of India Group, where I am presently kickstarting our university venture. All views are personal.
The decline of ‘convent-educated’
Until the late ‘90s / early ‘00s, missionary-run or convent schools were typically the most coveted schools for admissions. Mumbai had its Cathedral, Delhi its St Columba’s…
What I found interesting in the world of higher education last week, with some added thoughts and views. I work for the Times of India Group, where I am presently kickstarting our university venture. All views are personal.
The Great Unmooring
In 1981, economist Sherwin Rosen published a paper analyzing why there are some performers (sports stars, musicians etc) who end up earning outsize rewards. The gap in earnings, …