Collaborating with Universities to Create a Continual Learning Culture...this article just skims an idea that needs to be explored deeply - the future link between educational institutions and corporations. The authors, unfortunately, assume that the services universities will provide to corporations will be similar to courses - but with a corporate-focused slant. The last two paragraphs begin to address the real value of this type of partnership - informal learning and recognition of prior learning.
The missing element is how universities can provide "outsourced" learning to corporations...in formats other than only courses. For example, colleges have significant learning content...if properly packaged and presented, they have the resources to address many of the training needs facing corporations...i.e. content in the context (and for the task) needed. If higher education is to adapt to the developing knowledge needs of today's workers, they need to think beyond "we have them as a learner for 4 years" and move to "we have them as a learner for life, let's continue to provide them with the learning they need".