Education goes global: "Collaboration among institutions and a shift to student-centred learning using the internet are the future of tertiary education... "The real challenge for universities is to change their mindset from "chalk and talk" to embrace the different ways of learning we are now experiencing."
Comment: I link to this article simply to complain about the lack of awareness of the challenges facing higher education. I've heard the same old, cliched phrases for years (and, I confess, have used them as well). These statements are tiresome. The challenges facing education are far larger than "collaborating and becoming student centered". That's band-aid. While defining what ails academic institutions requires far more than a simple blog post, the key challenge centers on relevance. Creating a "student-centered" version of an irrelevant model won't solve any problems. We need to revisit what learning means in our era (i.e. observe younger learners interacting with each other and content, and find a way to keep learners current in their work while knowledge is exploding).