How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education
By: Anya Kamenetz
submitted by Teresa Koltzenburg
Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks — American higher education is changing.
Is a college education really like a string quartet? Back in 1966, that was the assertion of economists William Bowen, later president of Princeton, and William Baumol. In a seminal study, Bowen and Baumol used the analogy to show why universities can’t easily improve efficiency.
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