College for a New Age
His answer is his new book, “The End of College,” which is both a stinging indictment of the university business model and a prediction about how technology is likely to change it.
.. “The story of higher education’s future is a tale of ancient institutions in their last days of decadence, creating the seeds of a new world to come,” he writes. If he is right, higher education will be transformed into a different kind of learning experience that is cheaper, better, more personalized and more useful.
.. College is about developing the self discipline necessary to get your work done, even if there is a kegger this weekend and the finale of the bachelor tonight. College is about living with a bunch of folks that you don’t necessarily get along with and not killing them in their sleep. College is about learning to maneuver through idiotic bureaucracies and game the system. Above all, college is about learning to take responsibility for yourself without having your parents imposing rules.