Sunday, June 8, 2014

Will EdX Save GenX From Rising College Costs? - Heidi Legg, Huffington Post

I sat down with Lawrence S. Bacow, President in Residence at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and Former President of Tufts to ask him if technology will bend the cost curve of higher education or will it further stratify higher education? Bacow who is also a member of the Harvard Corporation and Former Chancellor of MIT, says it is too early to tell. "I think it's an open question whether or not technology will further stratify higher education. Anyone who tells you these days they know the impact that online learning is going to have on the future of higher education is blowing smoke," Bacow says. Bacow is collaborating with other college presidents to study technology in higher education and working hard to address the cost curve. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heidi-legg/will-an-oncampus-educatio_b_5395010.html