What is learning?

We all know what learning is, in our own ways. Expectedly, the discussion on this question is more about exploring how appropriate is what we think

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The heart of the higher education reform – alternative credentialing

I recently served on a panel at a meeting organized by the California Higher Education Innovation Council to look at “Alternative Credentials

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The reason for too many ‘surprises’ in children’s behavior

One of the more wonderfully unique things about us is the childhood phase in our growth. Unlike all other animals, human offspring is completely

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Baumol’s cost disease – What plagues higher education

In 1966, William Baumol and William Bowen looked at the origins of rising salaries for live performances (music, theater, dance), and noted that an

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How should parents help their children excel in academics?

It makes better sense to discuss this question with parents. The discussion that follows could be directly shared with parents, without any need to

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What the innovation guru – Clayton Christensen – says about the future of higher education

There are over 4,000 colleges and universities in the United States, but Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen says that half are

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