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Deliberate Diversity, Higher Education, and the Public Good

The world does not get better by accident. It gets better because there are champions who insist on change, who pursue change, and who effect change. Some of those champions are on our college campuses.
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If We Cannot Teach, You Can Keep Your Online Revolution

Online learning is certainly a driving force in the higher education revolution, but the phenomenon of Internet-based courses is only part of the changes to come. In the furious rush to build virtual classrooms, colleges and universities may be confusing the online revolution with the larger need for higher education to embrace much wider change.
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Deliberate Diversity, Higher Education, and the Public Good

The world does not get better by accident. It gets better because there are champions who insist on change, who pursue change, and who effect change.
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A Path to Greatness: Higher Education, Government, and the Nation

To the President and members of Congress; to Democrats and Republicans: Have we got a deal for you.
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Higher Education: The Revolution That Really Matters

Amid all the talk about online learning and a revolution in higher education, we risk losing sight of a much more important revolution, one that depends on the traditional college experience. That is the revolution that will once again place the American Dream of individual achievement back in the hands of every citizen.
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Engineering the Student Experience

The explosion in online learning marks the beginning of a revolution, one that may well make higher education available to an unprecedented number of people from all levels of society. The Internet has become a tool to extend the reach of higher education, still our society's most potent force for reducing poverty, fostering self-sufficiency, and creating future leaders.
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To Compete Against the Future

There's a reason why the recent recovery has been so slow, with anemic jobs growth and crippling unemployment: The most dynamic engine of our economy is leaking fuel.
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Storm Warning: Why Higher Ed Needs New Leadership Now

A perfect storm roils the horizon of higher education. Three towering and swiftly moving storms -- affordability, student loan debt, and seismically shifting demographics -- are about to collide. The power of their convergence and the resulting collateral damage will challenge the very survival of colleges that refuse to evolve.
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